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AKUH to Establish a Children’s Specialty Hospital and Cancer Research Centre

<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><em><strong><img src="/nairobi/PublishingImages/AKUH%20at%2060%20body%20image.jpg" alt="" style="margin: 5px;"/></strong></em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong><em>Caption: </em></strong><em>Dr Shawn Bolouki (left), Chief Executive Officer, Aga Khan University Hospital explains the model of the new Children’s Specialty Hospital to a section of the University’s Board of Trustees including Dr Haile Debas, the Chairman of the Board (right), Dr Afaf Meleis (centre), and Dr Phillip Clay (behind), at the photo exhibition site during the launch of the Hospital’s 60 years anniversary celebration activities.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi has announced plans to establish a Children’s Specialty Hospital to offer the most advanced care for children in the region and a Cancer Research Centre to document and inform treatment options for patients.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Speaking during the launch of a series of events to mark the hospital’s 60th anniversary, Firoz Rasul, President of Aga Khan University said the children’s speciality hospital and the cancer research centre will be among other firsts that the hospital is investing in with a view to boosting the quality of healthcare services in Kenya. The children’s specialty hospital will be the only one of its kind in the region, while the cancer research centre will be a major boost to efforts leading to effective and affordable treatment to the disease that accounts for 1 in every 10 deaths in the country.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“When we celebrate our 60th anniversary, we are commemorating much more than the simple fact that the hospital has endured, notable though its longevity surely is. What we are celebrating above all is the difference that it makes – that all of us make, together,” said President Rasul.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He added: “Our care is the difference between a father recovering from a heart attack, and his children growing up without him. It is the difference between a little girl surviving a traffic crash, and her parents suffering the loss of their child.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The celebrations activities themed ‘First from the Beginning’, will last for four months and will highlight the hospital’s development journey since it was established to the now reputable teaching, tertiary and referral healthcare facility, offering super-specialty services to residents of the East Africa region and beyond.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Mr Rasul added that the Hospital is a very different institution than what it used to be. From a modest secondary hospital, it has grown into an internationally-accredited academic medical centre of national and regional importance.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Speaking at the event, Dr Shawn Bolouki, AKUH Nairobi Chief Executive Officer said a series of activities to celebrate the sixty years had been planned to run during the remaining part of the year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“Part of them is a number of community engagement activities that we will launch over the next few months. We will be working with relevant stakeholders to ensure that these activities benefit members of the public that need them most. We shall conclude our celebrations with a gala night for our stakeholders,” said Dr Bolouki.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A photo exhibition of the Hospital’s history, milestones and other major achievements to date has been set up at the Heart and Cancer Centre, and is open to members of the public. It illustrates developments over the years, and how research and training has seen the hospital evolve into a pioneer in many respects, setting the pace for healthcare in the region.  </span></p>

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