Patients with intense health complexity will not need to be flown to India or other advanced hospitals abroad for special treatment as Rwandan government enters into agreement with one of the high level group of hospitals in India.
Complex health conditions like heart surgery, Brain surgery, Kindney transplants or lung complexes are the major health care that will be covered by these Indian based super hospitals under Appollo Hospitals group.
Rwanda represented by Health Minister Dr Agnes Binagwaho signed a memorandum of understanding with Appollo Hospitals group from India represented by group’s Chief Executive Officer Dr K Hari Prasad to bring into the country super specialty treatment and high level standard health facility.
“I believe this Memorandum of understanding is the beginning of our positive production as we a head towards shifting from health care seeking to health care provider,” Minister Binagwaho said while signing the agreement.
“Building a referral hospital for these super special health care need and have the capacity to provide qualified health personnel in the region was certainly on government’s agenda,” Binagwaho added.
On fears of conditional treatment that may emerge, Binagwaho assured Rwandan population of their safety in upcoming health provision by these Indian groups of advanced hospitals.
“My responsibility is to protect the interest of all Rwandans and secondly this agreement is a law binding that in case of any abuse Rwanda will have to stop this partnership,” Binagwaho said.
“This is a matter of competition, we agreed because this group of hospitals has a good reputation but it does not change anything on Rwandan law regarding public health, a group of doctors from Rwanda went in India and assessed them, ” She added.
The Minister said that Rwanda needed a quality co-partner so as to go towards achieving a health care provider nation and that the hospital to be built will be the best in the region which will make surrounding countries referring their patients in Rwanda.
“Rwandans have been facing a challenge of flying patients who special health care treatment abroad and also they have provided preferential tariffs in this agreement before the facility is completed,” Binagwaho added in a separate interview.
She mentioned that after the cabinet approves the deal, a proper business plan will be made to identify the amount of money needed to set up the hospital.
According to Prasad, the group of hospitals has been offering quality healthcare services and advice to several African nations and now wants to associate with Rwanda.
“Our aim is to improve health care in Rwanda like we did in India, Our country is not in a way it was in terms of health care and conditions so we have a lot to provide,” he said.
Prasad says that the health facility is of great importance since it will handle all complicated health cases like kidney transplants, cancers, heart and brain surgery and others.
The head of Kanombe Military Hospital Dr. Col. Ben Karenzi, who was among a group of doctors who visited India last month and met the management team of Apollo Hospitals to sign a Letter of Intent towards establishing the hospital in Rwanda.
Karenzi stated that due to the partnership, Apollo has accepted to give Rwandans five percent discount preferential tariff to each complicated health case for the people who will be undergoing treatment in India before Apollo Hospital is established in Rwanda.
Apollo Hospitals Group is a chain of hospitals founded by Dr. Prathap C. Reddy in 1983. It has now extended its expertise services across 53 hospitals within and outside India. It is said to be the Asia’s largest healthcare provider.
It has also been referred to as the Architect of Healthcare in India, with the help of the latest technology and exceptionally committed medical practitioners provide outstanding healthcare.
The agreement covers areas of strengthening collaboration and building a long term partnership for better healthcare services for Rwandan population, by offering super-specialist consultation services, training of medical personnel and treatment of patients in need of specialized care.
Apollo Hospitals Group will share its experience and provide its expertise to the government to establish a super specialty hospital, with intent to create a self sustainable healthcare delivery model in the country.
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