The University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) has for long faced a challenge of shortage of oxygen and the lack of a latest technological CT scan (64 slices) for precise imagery diagnostic.
“Having a CT scan and Oxygen plant improved health care service delivery in CHUK,” the Medical Director Dr. Martin Nyundo revealed October 9.
‘Before getting the CT Scan, we used to transfer our patients to the King Faisal Hospital but now all diagnostic services are done within our hospital without waste of time and money.
Introduction of CT Scan brought a tremendous change,” said Radiologist Dr. Kalisa Louise.
Dr. Nyundo added that every day around 20 patients need to pass through CT scan for accurate diagnostic.
It is in this regard, the Belgium Development Agency (BTC) through Institutional Support Program to the Conception and Implementation of a Strategic Health Development Plan for Kigali City (PAPSDSK) donated a 64 slices CT scan, X-ray digitalize equipment to handle all diagnostic services and Oxygen production plant to improve health care and service delivery in CHUK.
For the Oxygen power plant , the Medical Director Dr Nyundo furthered saying that the health services of CHUK used to cost approximately Frw 300, 000, 000 per year for oxygen when the hospital buys it from private companies.
“But we are currently spending less due to the donated Oxygen power plant,” explained Dr. Nyundo.
According to the Biomedical Engineer of PAPSDSK, Marc Myszkowski, “it was an urgent concerted need to give a CT Scan to CHUK to facilitate diagnostic services because there was only one hospital of King Faisal with an operational CT scan in the country in 2010”.
He added that as (PAPSDSK) has an objective of improving healthcare of Kigali City, the oxygen production plant was also given to CHUK to handle the instant shortage of oxygen which is highly needed in many hospital departments to the rest district hospitals of Kigali City.
The project of CT scan has taken over 1 million Euros including a three years full maintenance contract while the Oxygen plant is over Euros 400 000.
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