Kenyan ambassador visits Waldfriede Adventist Hospital

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a sad reality even in the African country of Kenya. Although the ban on FGM has been enshrined in law in Kenya since 2011, the practice is still widespread in some areas. Girls and women are victims of this cruel tradition, which has serious physical and psychological consequences.
The Waldfriede Hospital in Berlin-Zehlendorf treats affected women and girls. The Desert Flower Center, which is based at the hospital, was founded for this purpose on September 11, 2013. Affected women are operated on here, physically rehabilitated in the best possible way and also receive psychological support.
A team of doctors consisting of Dr. von Frischen, Head Physician Dr. Scherer, Head Physician Dr. Müller and Senior Physician Dr. Strunz has been to Kenya several times in recent years to operate on affected women at the Gynocare Fistula Clinic in Eldoret and to teach and train local staff at the clinic in Kenya about treatment and operations. Medical staff from Kenya are also trained accordingly at Waldfriede Hospital.
Now the ambassador of Kenya, Ms. Stella Mokaya Orina, visited the Waldfriede Hospital on 29 January 2025. She was extremely impressed during a tour of the hospital's various specialist departments by CEO Bernd Quoß.
On the evening of the day, she was warmly welcomed by CEO Bernd Quoß at the meeting of the Waldfriede r.a. (registered association) support Association. The Waldfriede r.a. finances almost 100 percent of the Desert Flower Center. - Ambassador Ms. Orina thanked Waldfriede Hospital for its extraordinary support. She strongly encouraged the expansion of cooperation between Waldfriede and her country, Kenya, and intends to do more to this end.
CEO Bernd Quoß: “It has always been and will continue to be a matter close to our hearts to help people in such great need and to enable better prospects and a new quality of life through such treatment - in accordance with our self-image as the Seventh-day Adventist Church.”
Waldfriede Hospital
The non-profit Waldfriede Hospital in Berlin-Zehlendorf is an academic teaching hospital of Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin. It has been certified several times according to statutory quality parameters and has already received numerous awards for its medical and nursing quality.
In 2025, Krankenhaus Waldfriede is once again one of the best hospitals in the world and has been certified accordingly.
Around 15,000 inpatients and 120,000 outpatients are treated here every year. The hospital is run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which maintains around 450 medical facilities worldwide. Waldfriede is a cooperation partner of the Adventist hospital association Advent Health in the USA.
The hospital is part of the Waldfriede health network, which also includes a day clinic, a social care center, an academy for health and nursing care, a service company, the “PrimaVita” health center, the Nikolassee private clinic and the “Desert Flower Center”. The Waldfriede network is the most diverse medical and care provider in south-west Berlin and, with around 950 employees, is one of the largest employers in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district. Information: www.krankenhaus-waldfriede.de