The JKUAT Health Services Department is one of the thirteen (13) departments in the Division of Administration, Planning and Development.

It is a support department mandated to provide diagnostic, curative, preventive and promotional health services, to the University staff, their dependants, students and the surrounding community. Thika Highway commuters seek treatment at the Hospital in case of accidents.

At the center of Department is a fifty (50) bed capacity hospital with male, female and children’s wards for inpatients. It is registered as a level four (4) hospital by the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board and is NHIF accredited.