The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret has issued new restrictions geared toward enhancing affected person security and safety inside the facility.
In an official discover dated August 1, 2025, the hospital introduced that every affected person will now be allowed solely two guests at a time.
“In compliance with the Ministry of Health directive to improve safety and security, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) wishes to inform the public that effective August 1, 2025, each patient will only be allowed a maximum of two (2) visitors at a time,” the discover learn partly.
“We urge all visitors to adhere to the above guidelines,” learn the MTRH Notice
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Strict Visiting Hours Introduced
MTRH has additionally revised visiting hours to cut back crowding and guarantee management over hospital actions.
The designated visiting occasions at the moment are set at 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm and from 4:00 pm to six:00 pm day by day.
Hospital officers say the modifications are designed to create a safer, peaceable, and hygienic surroundings for each sufferers and employees.
Linked to National Health Reforms
The determination comes days after Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale introduced new security reforms focusing on all nationwide referral hospitals.
These reforms adopted the July 11, 2025, killing of a affected person at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), which uncovered main gaps in hospital safety.
“Following the tragic loss of a young Kenyan at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) on July 11, 2025, I convened a crisis meeting with CEOs of all national referral hospitals to initiate urgent reforms and rebuild public trust in our health system,” CS Duale mentioned.
Improving Patient Welfare
Hospital directors at MTRH mentioned the restriction is a part of a broader effort to handle hospital site visitors and forestall overcrowding.
They added that diminished foot site visitors in affected person areas will improve restoration circumstances and enhance operational effectivity.
This additionally got here after Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) made a breakthrough within the investigation into the homicide of a affected person at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).
In a press release dated Friday, July 18, 2025, the DCI confirmed the arrest of the prime suspect allegedly behind the brutal killing of Edward Maingi Ndegwa, which occurred on July 17, 2025.
“Homicide detectives have arrested Kennedy Kalombotole, the prime suspect behind the gruesome Kenyatta National Hospital ward murder,” learn a part of the assertion.
DCI Arrests Prime Suspect Behind Patient’s Murder at KNH
According to preliminary reviews, a ward nurse checked on the affected person at 11:30 a.m. and took his blood strain. At 12:30 p.m., a relative visited and located the affected person secure, leaving the ward round 1:30 p.m.
However, at roughly 2:00 p.m., a cleaner making rounds seen blood pooling across the affected person’s neck, prompting the KNH administration to inform the DCI.
Upon visiting the scene, detectives famous bloody slipper prints main from the sufferer’s bedside to a close-by bathroom and finally to a facet room, the place the suspect, Kalombotole, was admitted.
