Health
Faulty Equipment Pushed a World Bank-Backed Hospital Into Crisis
Former executives and staff say defective machines put patients at risk in Kenya, raising questions about oversight by development funds.
AAR Hospital in Nairobi.
Photographer: Eduardo Soteras/Bloomberg
This is the third story in a series about World Bank investments in for-profit hospitals. Read the first story here and the second story here.
The intensive-care unit at the new hospital in one of Nairobi’s richest neighborhoods was in critical condition. Bedside monitors couldn’t read blood pressure or record oxygen levels. A portable X-ray machine broke down. So did a ventilator during surgery.