Patient transfers for Kenya

The right hospital. The right ambulance. No phone chains.

Afyaline connects hospitals and ambulance providers in one live workflow, from finding a bed to confirming the handover.

A nurse moving a newborn's incubator along a hospital corridor
The Afyaline driver screen on a phone

Kenya's problem is coordination more than capacity.

Today a doctor phones hospital after hospital for a bed, then phones again for an ambulance. Nobody sees the whole journey, so nobody can measure or improve it.

25
public hospitals in Kenya offer ICU care
90%
of Level 4 hospitals have no ICU or HDU
60 min
ambulance response, against a 15–20 min target
67%
of referring hospitals did not call ahead (KNH study)

How a transfer works

Four steps, one shared record. These are the real Afyaline screens.

1

Referring hospital

Find a bed in minutes

Describe the patient and the service they need. Hospitals with free beds appear instantly, nearest first. Choose one and send.

List of hospitals with free maternity beds, distance and a call button
2

Receiving hospital

Accept before the patient moves

The receiving team is alerted at once, sees the patient brief and accepts. A decline goes back with a reason, and the next hospital is asked in seconds.

Incoming transfer request with patient details and an Accept patient button
3

Ambulance provider

Dispatch the right ambulance

The nearest ambulance with the right equipment is requested. The provider confirms the vehicle and driver in one tap.

Ambulance provider choosing an ambulance and driver, then Confirm and dispatch
4

Everyone

Track it to the door, then hand over

Both hospitals watch the ambulance on the map with the time to arrival. The receiving hospital confirms the handover, and the record is complete.

Live map showing the ambulance, the pickup hospital and the destination

Built for everyone on the journey

A clinician caring for a patient

Hospitals

Send and receive patients, keep bed availability current, and confirm every handover.

An ambulance with its lights on, moving at speed

Ambulance providers

Register ambulances, equipment and drivers. Receive requests and dispatch in one tap.

The driver screen: the patient, one button per step, the route

Drivers

One screen on any phone: the patient, the route, one button per step. No app store needed.

Every minute and every shilling, measured

Time to acceptance, dispatch, pickup and handover. Distance, fuel and consumables for every transfer, recorded automatically for every hospital, provider and county.

Decisions on beds, fleets and budgets finally rest on real data.

Afyaline reports: transfers per day, time per stage and costs
The Nairobi skyline at sunset

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