5-626: The Nairobi Hospital is a private hospital located in Upper Hill area, Nairobi , Kenya .The hospital was founded in 1954 as the European Hospital , a hospital for Europeans. It is located along Argwings Kodhek Road, Upper Hill, Nairobi. The hospital is located approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Kenyatta International Conference Centre . The geographical coordinates of the hospital are 01°17'46.0"S, 36°48'17.0"E (Latitude:-1.296115; Longitude:36.804718). The Nairobi Hospital
10-410: Is located 4 kilometres (2 mi) by road west of the central business district of Nairobi . The coordinates of Upper Hill are 1°17′59″N 36°48′58″E / 1.299719°N 36.816097°E / 1.299719; 36.816097 . Upper Hill lies in two major Nairobi City sub-counties; Kibra and Westlands . Ngong Road separates the two sub-counties. Upper Hill was historically one of
15-638: The hospital is owned by the Kenya Hospital Association (KHA). The hospital's total assets were valued at approximately KES:12 billion (US$ 94 million, at that time). 01°17′46″S 36°48′17″E / 1.29611°S 36.80472°E / -1.29611; 36.80472 Upper Hill, Nairobi Upper Hill is a neighbourhood of the city of Nairobi , the capital and largest city of Kenya . The district has seen an increase in major construction in recent years, with several multinational corporations setting up offices. Upper Hill
20-572: The residential neighbourhoods of the city of Nairobi, during colonial times, and stretched all the way to the Kilimani estate. The 280 hectares (700 acres) that comprise part of Upper Hill were majorly owned by Kenya Railways. During the 1990s and early 2000s, as land and office space became scarce and exorbitantly priced in the central business district, businesses relocated to Upper Hill and Westlands , where land and office space were more readily available and less expensive. Today, Upper Hill possesses
25-534: Was established to replace the smaller older Nairobi European Hospital (1902), that had become too small, as the new European Hospital . The institution was officially opened on 9 April 1954, as an exclusively European Hospital , in Kenya, which was then a colony of the United Kingdom . On 19 October 1961, it began serving non-Europeans and the name was changed to The Nairobi Hospital . As of November 2024
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