At Meru Level 5 Hospital in Kenya, a Ksh1 billion government-backed upgrade promises to reshape the healthcare landscape of an entire region — adding 360 beds, eight surgical theatres, and specialist services that have long required families to travel far and spend what they cannot afford. Principal Secretary Dr. Ouma Oluga visited the site not merely to inspect progress, but to hold the project accountable to its promise: that public investment, properly executed, becomes human dignity at the bedside. The gathering of national and county officials signals that this is understood as consequent