Kenya health services - the Diani Beach Hospital

The success of the hospital was probably inevitable given the background of Dr. Rekhi, the man behind its founding, who for a long time had been attending to visiting tourists in their hotels. He understood the challenges posed by demanding patients who seek the high standards of medical care of the western world.

The design and ambience of the hospital also tends to maintain the continuum of the tourists "pampered status" in the hotels, as is reflected in the size and the orientation of the rooms, the furnishing and the extras like satellite TV, DVD and provision for internet browsing in the rooms.

- in operation for over seven years

- serving South Coast residents and tourists

- local health facilities

- international standards of care

The hospital is accessible to everybody and has filled a big void in comprehensive health care that had for a very long time forced patients in the area to endure the inconvenience of long distance travel to seek similar medical attention in Mombasa.

Diani Beach Hospital was opened in July 1997
and is located on the Diani Beach Road adjoining the Leisure Lodge Golf Course offering a magnificent view from the balcony of the private wards.

Today Diani is proud to have one of the country's most well equipped hospitals with high standards of medical care at the Kenyan Coast. The hospital's high standards are comparable to most of its European counterparts.

Diani Beach Hospital is proud to be recognized by IAMAT (International Association for Medical Assistance to Travelers)

1997:
Establishment of Diani Beach Hospital with 2 private rooms, Pharmacy, Laboratory and Radiology department.

1998:
Addition of 6 more private rooms, male and female general wards.

2003:
Acquisition of Coulter Analyzer to enable automated blood cell analysis.

More than seven years of operations have made the Diani Beach Hospital an integral part of Diani, a tourist resort identified with the chain of hotels and luxurious villas that line Diani Beach.

The influence of Kenya's hospitality industry is more than just a proponent at the hospital, conceptualized and brought to fruition by Dr. K S Rekhi, a common personality in most hotels in Mombasa's South Coast, where his career in medicine coalesced as a doctor on call for many of the hotels in the areas.

As a resident of Diani for over 20 years, Dr. Rekhi appreciated the dilemma most of the residents of this area had to contend with, in cases of medical emergencies, since the only other well-equipped hospitals were more than 35 Km across the ferry on Mombasa Island.