Waterloo, Oct 01, 2025 – More than two thousand patients have been imaged in the first year since the Reveal 35C detector, paired with a portable source, was installed at the Village of Hope Hospital in Kenya. In a report released in early September, the team using the device reflected on its impact on patient care in the region.
X-ray imaging was performed both at the main facility and through outreach at itinerant medical camps.
“Since the installation of the digital X-ray machine, Village of Hope Hospital has played a crucial role in serving the surrounding counties, as none of the hospitals nearby has a working X-ray machine,” said Brandy Jeruto, radiographer at the hospital and one of the authors of the report. “Patients in rural or underserved areas have access to fast and high-quality imaging services, while saving money by avoiding travel. As most people here come from low-income families, this has really reduced travel costs, as most would have been forced to delay care,” she said.
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The Village of Hope Hospital serves primarily three counties – Uasin Gishu, Nandi, and Kakamega. According to data from the 2019 census, the population of these counties nears 4 million people – or 8% of Kenya’s population.
The Reveal system was installed with the initial goal of supporting early identification of tuberculosis, and 30% of the X-rays in the first year were for chest and thorax. Over time, other applications emerged as relevant in the area, notably musculoskeletal (MSK) imaging – 43% of all X-rays performed in the first year were of upper or lower limbs.
“The orthopaedic department has really grown because we now run the department 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,” said Jeruto. “We have been able to do 35 orthopaedic surgeries over the past year,” she said.
Dr. Methuselah Korir, trauma surgeon who supports the Village of Hope Hospital, emphasized this need: “There is a huge demand for orthopedic care. There are very few surgeons in this region of the world,” he said.
Many cases are complex. Last year, for example, the hospital received a patient after a traffic accident with bilateral femur fractures – a lesion known to be life-threatening, with high risk of complications and permanent disability. Surgery was performed, with bilateral femur nailing done. “The patient can walk again,” noted Jeruto.
“The previous system was fixed, so positioning the patient was difficult. Image clarity was not very good, so we could end up requesting CT scans—which were not available in the hospital. They had to be transferred to another facility so we could clearly determine what kind of injury they had and then plan the surgery accurately. But transporting patients is a problem on its own, especially if you have trauma patients,” said Dr. Korir.
