Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching & Referral Hospital

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching & Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) was started in the early 1900s to cater for the health needs of the workers at the port town of Kisumu. The hospital previously known as the New Nyanza Provincial General Hospital and later Nyanza Provincial General Hospital was nicknamed "Russia" as it was constructed with the assistance of the Soviets at the height of the Cold War and officially opened by President Jomo Kenyatta in September 1969.