[1] The hospital is located in the area to the immediate west of Upper Hill in Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya.

[2] Its location is about 3.5 kilometres (2 mi) west of the city's central business district.

Kenyatta National Hospital employs over 6,000 staff and has a bed capacity of 1,800.

[6] It also serves as a teaching hospital of the Kenya Medical Training College, Nairobi campus among many other institutions that are affiliated to the facility due to its advanced specialisation in medical services in the country and beyond.

KNH serves as the teaching hospital of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Nairobi.