{Residents in Kaniga Sector of Gicumbi District will no longer have to travel long distances looking for health care services due to the Health Post recently inaugurated in the sector.}
The Health Post was constructed by locals with the Support of One Family Health Foundation.
Residents used to travel Eight Kilometers to get Health care services at Murindi Health centre.
The official launch of the Kaniga health post was attended by residents, local officials, and representatives of One Family Health Foundation as well as the Governor of the Northern Province Bosenibamwe Aimé among other officials.
The one Family Health country representative, Maggie Chirwa said that the inaugurated health post was constructed in line with the decentralization of health services among local communities.
She said the post is the 90th among the health posts constructed in 9 districts, but, added Chirwa, there is a plan of constructing about 500 Health posts in the whole country.
This was also stressed by Patrick Bigirimana, Finance& Adiministration Accountant at one family health Rwanda.
He said the inaugurated Health Post is among 18 Health Posts constructed in Gicumbi District.
One Family Health Foundation also provided the Health Post with health specialists, medicaments, mobile phones for exchange of information as well as many types of equipment to ensure the good quality of services rendered to the beneficiaries.
Residents of Kaniga sector have commended the post saying that they will no longer travel long distances carrying their sick ones to the Murindi Health Centre which locates in 8 Km from Kaniga sector.
Speaking to IGIHE, Mukamana Devota, one of the residents in Kaniga sector said “We had a problem to go to Mulindi for treatments. A patient leaves her home in the morning and reaches at Mulindi by 12 O’clock. It was so sad when you think about how the sufferer traveled such long distances. This Health post is nearer than ever. We will no longer have to go far for medical services.”
The total amount of money spent to Kaniga Health Post is Rwf 7 million for buildings and Rwf 4 million for equipments.
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