Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Hospitals in Mombasa, Hospitals in Nairobi, Coptic Hospital, Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, List of Hospitals in Kenya, Aga Khan Hospital, Mombasa, Nairobi Women's Hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital, Wamba Hospital, Nairobi Hospital, Mariakani Cottage Hospital, Karen Hospital. Excerpt: The Coptic Hospital (Arabic: ) is a name given to many hospitals, two in Egypt in Cairo and Alexandria and other one in Nairobi, Kenya, The idea of establishing a hospital by the Coptic Orthodox Church started in the late nineteenth century and in the 1920s in a group of Coptic doctors met together on a regular basis for fellowship and discussion. This group included El Menyawi Pasha and Naguib Pasha Mahfouz . On of the blessings of these meetings was the formation of the first Coptic hospital, opened in Azbakeya, this hospital was famous for the work of Naguib Pasha Mahfouz in it, and it was governed by a council appointed by the church and it is still in the same place at 175, Ramses Street Azbakeya History of Nairobi's Coptic Hospital Since coming to Kenya in the early seventies, the Coptic Orthodox Church has been actively working to minister to the spiritual and physical needs of the people. The church considers it a privilege to serve the physical needs of suffering people and offers it as a ministry of love unto Christ, remembering His teaching, Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did to me. In fact, the mission of the Coptic Church in Africa was established on this basic principle of love. Considering that the majority of the communities served in Africa live in extreme poverty, the church could not offer spiritual healing without also offering physical healing. The people have m... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=15926275