The maternity hospital you choose determines the quality of maternity care services you’ll receive. This is crucial because the choice also directly impacts your health during pregnancy as well as your baby’s proper growth and development.
If you’re an expectant mom in the Kenyan Coast here are 10 hospitals in Mombasa offering maternity services to check out as you explore your choices.
1. Aga Khan Hospital
The Aga Khan Hospital Mombasa is part of the Aga Khan Hospital Groups with numerous other branches and outreach centres across the country, and 75 years of experience providing healthcare in Kenya.
The main hospital in Mombasa has 82 inpatient beds, including maternity and labour wards. Aga Khan also provides emergency antenatal and postnatal services such as early or late pregnancy bleeding, sepsis, and eclampsia.
Their maternity care services include:
- Antenatal
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Basic Emergency Obstetric Care
- Caesarean Section
- Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care
- Curative In-patient Services
- Curative Outpatient Services
- Family Planning
Location: Vanga Road, off Likoni Road
Phone number: +254 41 505 1000
Email: [email protected]
2. Bomu Hospital
With the motto, ‘A healthy population is a prosperous one’, Bomu Hospital is a not for profit non governmental social enterprise offering primary and secondary healthcare services to populations in acute economic status and environments.
The hospital started as a small family planning clinic to educate families but it has since grown and now offers a variety of other medical services, while still emphasizing on maternal and child healthcare.
Reviews of Bomu Hospital praise the staff for their friendly and quick staff, the hospital’s delivery services, and their emergency care.
Location: Changamwe branch, Likoni branch and Mariakani branch
Phone number: +254722 574755 / +254734 574755
Email: [email protected]
3. The Mombasa Hospital
The Mombasa Hospital is the largest and oldest private hospital in the Kenyan Coast having been established in 1891 by the British as the English Hospital when Kenya was still under colonial rule.
The level 4 hospital provides both natural and caesarian section (CS) births, with state of the art operating theatre with technology to assist in maternal healthcare.
Location: Kizingo, Mombasa
Phone number: 254 041 2312191 / 0733333655 / 0722203755
E-mail: [email protected]
4. Pandya Memorial Hospital
The Pandya Memorial Hospital mission is to provide high-quality, patient-centric healthcare services to the community. The private level 4 hospital has both normal deliveries and CS birth options with an operating theatre and an inpatient maternity ward.
Reviews from previous patients praise the modern, clean, and organized environment in the facility, but some state the hospital’s prices can be pricey.
Pandya Memorial Hospital maternity care services include:
- Antenatal clinics
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Basic Emergency Obstetric Care
- Caesarean Section
- Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care
- Curative In-patient Services
- Curative Outpatient Services
- Family Planning
Location: Pandya Memorial Hospital, Shimanzi, Dedan Kimathi Ave, Mombasa
Telephone number: 0733-600663, 0722-206424
Email: [email protected]
5. Coast Provincial General Hospital
The Coast General Hospital is the second-largest public hospital with 679 inpatient beds and 126 cots for paediatric care. While the hospital provides a lot of other general and specialist medical services, it’s also highly dedicated to improving maternal healthcare by providing comprehensive care for mothers before, during, and after childbirth.
The hospital accepts SHA and has 4 outreach centres across Mombasa in Vikwatani, Utange, Mtongwe, and Chaani to improve the community’s access to healthcare.
Location: Bondeni, Kisauni Rd, Mombasa
Phone number: 0722 207868
Email: [email protected]
6. St. Thomas Maternity Hospital
St Thomas Maternity Hospital is a private inpatient and outpatient hospital dedicated to maternal health care. It’s quite affordable compared to other private hospitals and accepts SHA national insurance. With 30 inpatient beds and running 24 hours even for outpatient care, the maternity hospital is passionate about patient care, especially for pregnant and newborn mums.
Location: Likoni Lunga Lunga Road, Next To Consolata Catholic Church.
Phone number: +254715544457/ +254 757 178052
7. Al Farooq Hospital
Previously known as the New Mvita Hospital, Al Farooq Hospital is level 4 with both inpatient and outpatient maternity care services. The hospital prides itself in offering patient-centred healthcare that’s customized to their needs through compassionate medical staff who treat every case with the care and seriousness it deserves.
Al Farooq maternity care healthcare services include:
- Antenatal clinic
- Reproductive care
- Preventive and social medicine
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Paediatric clinic
Location: Naivasha St, Mombasa
Phone number: 0733-800019; 0721-971587
Email: [email protected]
8. Mewa Hospital
Operating under the Muslim Education and Welfare Association, Mewa Hospital is a community hospital that was established as a welfare project to ensure healthcare accessibility for the less fortunate.
The hospital operates 24 hours for outpatient services, with 49 beds and 10 cots for inpatient maternal and child health medical services.
Location: Sharif Alwikassim Ln, Mombasa
Phone number: 0722 596203
Email: [email protected]
9. Premier Hospital
Premier Hospital is a private inpatient and outpatient hospital providing a variety of medical services, including pregnancy and child healthcare. The hospital’s promise is to be there for you during pregnancy, delivery and beyond via several maternal health packages, experienced medical staff, and advanced technology for diagnostics and treatment.
One of their emphasis is family-centred maternal care that heavily involves your partner and loved one throughout the journey.
Key maternity services at Premier Hospital include:
- Antenatal care
- Labor and delivery
- Postnatal care
- Paediatric and newborn care
- Emergency maternity care with an ambulance
Location: Links Road, Nyali
Maternity Hotline: 0769 965 413
Email: [email protected]
10. Arawa Hospital
Established in 2020 as a general hospital, Arawa Hospital provides maternal healthcare via their gynaecology and child healthcare clinics.
Reviews from past patients praise the hospital’s excellent customer service and it’s state of the art facilities. Other services Arawa Hospital provides include HDU, on-site pharmacy, consultant clinics, and general medicine.
Location: Mwembeni off Mwembelegeza Stage, Bamburi,Mombasa
Maternity Hotline: +254-113-838-589
Email: [email protected]
Choosing a Maternity Care Hospital
As you explore each of the above options, consider providers who offer holistic maternity care from the moment you conceive until after birth. This way, they’re likely to learn more about you and your baby for personalized care. Evaluate your maternity care team as well to ensure you’re comfortable and feel fully cared for throughout.