Nairobi, July 8 -- Lifestyle shifts in society are also creating trend adjustment in healthcare, influencing modern designs and finishes as well as medical infrastructure.
In the public sector, construction of most hospitals was in the 80s, through to 2000.
Since devolution, however, quite a chunk of new health facilities have been built across public and private scenes.
According to the Kenya Medical Practitioners Council, the distribution of medical facilities is as follows: 3,046 Level Two, 2,305 Level Three, 320 Level Four, 47 Level Five, four at Level Six. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board does not have similar data, but conservative estimates would be about 15,000 or thereabout pharmacies.
Though architectural style for the public si...