Nairobi, June 4 -- A breakdown of equipment, including a CT scanner, locked an estimated 82,000 people from accessing inpatient services at Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital (MNTRH) during the 2024/25 financial year, according to disclosures.

MNTRH is the country's only public mental health referral centre. Traditionally an inpatient referral hospital, MNTRH has in recent years expanded to offer outpatient clinical services, including counselling and psychotherapy, pharmaceutical, physiotherapy and orthopaedics, laboratory, rehabilitative, dental and general outpatient consultations.

According to the National Treasury, inpatient admissions at MNTRH reached 228,700 against a target of 310,418 - a shortfall of 26 percent.

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