Kenya: Medical and Pediatric Subspecialists

Opportunity

Are you a dermatologist, rheumatologist, immunologist, neurologist, or other medical subspecialist feeling called to serve short- or long-term overseas? Consider joining the work in Kenya at Tenwek Hospital.

Location

Bomet, Kenya

Length of Service

• Short-term: 1–2 weeks
• Mid-term: 1–12 months
• Long-term: 2 or more years

Ministry Description

Tenwek Hospital is a ministry of World Gospel Mission and Africa Gospel Church. The hospital, which started as a single-nurse dispensary in 1937, is now a 300-bed hospital and training center. In addition to being the area’s primary hospital, Tenwek serves as a referral hospital that receives patients from throughout the country. Tenwek is also a growing teaching hospital. Training programs include family practice, surgical residency, medical and clinical internships and student rotations, hospital chaplaincy, and nursing.

Quick Facts

• Tenwek Hospital began as a small clinic in the 1930s and is now one of the largest Protestant mission hospitals in Kenya. It is located 140 miles west of Nairobi in the fertile highlands of the Bomet district.
• Working under the motto “We treat, Jesus heals,” Tenwek’s staff treats more than 11,000 inpatients and 80,000 outpatients annually and also performs approximately 3,000 major surgeries and 2,500 deliveries each year.