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The ACK Maseno Mission Hospital began as a small Mission of the Anglican Church (then Church Missionaries Society) to provide spiritual sustenance and corporal healing to residents of this area of Western Kenya. It was started in 1906, outdoors under a fig tree. The Luhya word for fig tree, Omuseno, was “Westernized” to Maseno by the early missionaries. Over the years, with the support of the Anglican Church, first a clinic building was constructed, then an Out-patient department founded, then several ward buildings, then an operating theatre and, when X-ray became commonly available, an X-ray facility. And then it was a hospital!.
The Government of Kenya took over the support in the form of annual grants alongside other church hospital, but in 1980s the general economy of Kenya suffered decline and the Government withdrew its support to all Mission Hospitals. Maseno Hospital included. This meant that fewer of the community could afford hospitalization.
By the 199Os, the Hospital could not support itself on patients income alone. Buildings and infrastructure began to fail for lack of adequate maintenance. Drugs and supplies became short because of a combination of inadequate finances and mismanagement. In 1998, a new bishop, Bishop Simon Oketch , took over the Diocese of Maseno North and started reorganizing the Hospital’s management. In 2002, a new team of managers was put in place and since then the Hospital has improved remarkably.
Our Vision
An efficient and high quality hospital that is accessible, equitable and affordable to the people it serves.
Our Mission
To promote and participate in the provision of integrated and high quality preventive and promotive, curative and rehabilitative health care and spiritual service to the people it serves, and training of high quality health manpower to all Kenyans.
- To establish and maintain a health service institution with permanent facilities that includes in-patient and outpatient.
- To provide diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitative care for the sick and injured admitted to the Hospital.
- To provide ambulatory services such as out-patient and outreach.
- To contribute in the training of quality professional health workers for the National Health Care System.
- To promote and participate in scientific research related to the care of the sick and the injured and the training of health professionals
- To provide health education and other preventive and curative measures to hospital clients and members of the community.
- To offer spiritual services to the patients, staff and the School of Nursing students.
- To work within the Kenya Government health policies as well as participate and collaborate with other stake holders in the promotion and achievement of health for all by offering comprehensive care services to the community.