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World Trade Centre Hospital

World Trade Centre Hospital (WTCH), is a planned private medical facility in Kenya. The owners of this medical facility are members of the family of Suresh Bhagwanji Raja Shah, the founder of I&M Holdings Limited, a financial services conglomerate based in Kenya, with subsidiaries in
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Overview

The WTCH is a private for-profit hospital with planned capacity of 150 inpatient beds. The hospital is intended to cater to healthcare needs of the growing
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in the city of
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Location

The hospital will occupy in ''Nairobi Business Park'', on Ngong Road, adjacent to Ngong Race Course and Golf Park, in the western suburbs of Nairobi City. This is approximately west of the city's
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Developers

The developers of this hospital are organized in a joint venture company called ''MTZ Holdings Limited''. The shareholding in MTZ is as depicted in the table below. The entities listed in the table jointly own approximately 60 percent of the
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of I&M Holdings Limited, whose shares trade on the
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under the symbol: IMHL.


Developments

In January 2023, MTZ Holdings purchased Nairobi Business Park, measuring at an undisclosed sum estimated to be more than KSh2 billion (approx. US$16.2 million), at that time. In September 2023, the
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reported that MTZ Holdings planned to build a 150-bed "multispecialty hospital" on 2.5 acres of the site. The planned hospital comprises two basement floors and six floors above ground for a total of eight floors. The construction of the hospital is budgeted at KSh3.24 billion (approx. US$22.1 million).


See also

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List of hospitals in Kenya This is a list of hospitals in Kenya by former provinces and county. There are 57 public hospitals, including seven national referral hospitals, 47 county referral hospitals, and two sub-county hospitals. There are 103 private hospitals, 58 mis ...
* Karen Hospital


References


External links

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Wealthy Kenyan banker Suresh Bhagwanji Shah acquires Nairobi Business Park
As of 4 January 2023. {{Authority control Hospitals in Kenya Companies based in Nairobi