Incidents related to safety in mental health facilities in Kenya

Table 1 Mental health infrastructure, bed capacity and bed occupancy

Facility Name	Facility Level	Mental Health Infrastructure	Bed capacity	Bed occupancy
Mathari National Teaching & Referral Hospital	Level 6	Stand-alone Mental Hospital	740	100
Moi Teaching & Referral hospital (MTRH)	Level 6	Stand-alone Mental Health Unit with a general hospital	80	100
Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)	Level 6	Patients hosted within a general ward	No specific beds allocated for mental health patients	could not be determined
Meru	Level 5	Stand-alone Mental Health Unit within a general hospital	17	100
Embu	Level 5	Mental health patients hosted within a general ward	16	80
Machakos	Level 5	Patients hosted within a general ward	22	150
Kisii	Level 5	Stand alone Mental Health Unit within a hospital	21	100
Kisumu	Level 5	Stand alone Mental Health Unit within a hospital	30	100
Kakamega	Level 5	Stand alone Mental Health Unit within a hospital	21	100
Thika	Level 5	Patients hosted within a general ward	0	0
Nakuru	Level 5	Stand-alone Mental Health Unit within a hospital	25	230
Nyeri	Level 5	Stand-alone Mental Health Unit within a hospital	24	80
Gilgil	Level 4	Stand-alone Mental Health Unit within a hospital	50	110

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