{"id":40330,"date":"2019-11-08T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-urges-medical-doctors-on-upholding\/"},"modified":"2019-11-12T11:29:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T11:29:30","slug":"kagame-urges-medical-doctors-on-upholding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-urges-medical-doctors-on-upholding\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame urges medical doctors on upholding professionalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President gave the advice today as he met with over 800 medical doctors from both public and private institutions for an interactive discussion at Intare Conference Arena in Gasabo district, Kigali city.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting aimed at discussing medics\u2019 role in the development of the nation.<br \/>\nMedics told the President that health sector in Rwanda has grown remarkably going hand in hand with the increase of health care practitioners.  <\/p>\n<p>Today, Rwanda counts 1,464 doctors in Private and Public Hospitals has 751 General Practitioners and 504 specialist doctors.<\/p>\n<p>There are also 209 medics who are simultaneously carrying our internships and undertaking Masters. This shows that the country has at least one medic to attend 8,197 people. <\/p>\n<p>The number of nurses rose from 1 attending 1,291 patients in 2010 to 1 attending 1,904 patients in 2017.  The number of midwives grew from 1 per 66,749 to 1 midwife per 4064 in 2017.  <\/p>\n<p>The increase bore fruits that maternal and child deaths reduced by 75% and 79% respectively in the past 20 years.  <\/p>\n<p>The country reports 58,445 community health workers countrywide.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. David Ntirushwa, the president of Rwanda Medical Association said that shortage of equipment remains a challenge despite commendable achievements including the increase of specialist doctors.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is an increase of medics at hospitals but the issue of adequate equipment persists,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Ntirushwa also hinted on increased salary and incentives for medical practitioners to get transport facilitation and accommodations.  <\/p>\n<p>President Kagame reminded medics of their role to transform the society they live in and take part in problem solving.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are aware of the country\u2019s situation, siblings and friends. You have to take it into account starting from you asking the question.   Your request is one of the concerns but not the only one to be addressed by the government.  You are part of solutions providers.  You have to play your role,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>The President blamed carelessness and ineffective performance of some medical practitioners drawing all their attention to a public figure seeking services and abandoning other patients.  <\/p>\n<p>He requested the Minister of Health and relevant institutions to collaboratively solve the problem of medics making own choices for specialized medical courses other than preferring specialty in wanting priority areas of the country.  <\/p>\n<p>Kagame asked medical practitioners to reduce the prevalence of health tourism and change the mindsets of people with wrong perceptions that Rwanda can\u2019t make it.  He also urged them to make necessary transfers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cChange such mindsets aligning it with capacity building so that people perceive Rwanda as a transformed country,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Health, Dr. Diane Gashumba said that health sector made remarkable strides and gained international repute that it needs to be upheld and taken farther.<br \/>\n\u201cWe built credibility in reducing maternal deaths, preventing HI\/ AIDS and Malaria.  We need to ensure that nothing holds us back,\u201d she said.  <\/p>\n<p>The successes are attributed to efforts expended in the advancement of health sector allocating 16% of the national budget to the sector; introducing inclusive community based medical insurance, and community health workers among others.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33310 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/3-2389-a96bf.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kagame has reminded medical practitioners to render good services to patients treating them with kindness and good heart \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33311 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/arton125607-81648.jpg\" alt=\"Kagame asked medical practitioners to reduce the prevalence of health tourism and change the mindsets of people with wrong perceptions that Rwanda can\u2019t make it.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33312 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_1-11-490df.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33313 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_2_-_copy-b7864.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Mutimura Eugene, the Minister of education was present in the event\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33314 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_4-12-791b5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33315 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_6-10-6de87.jpg\" alt=\"The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana, was in the event\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33316 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_8-6-3a9b2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33317 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_9-4-64813.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33318 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_10-6-ef643.jpg\" alt=\"The successes are attributed to efforts expended in the advancement of health sector allocating 16% of the national budget to the sector\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33319 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_11-6-6673e.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33320 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_12-6-1e119.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33321 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_13-6-de2ac.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33322 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_14-5-929ed.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33323 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_15-4-b9913.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Karekezi Claire said that there is still a lack of materials for specialists \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33324 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_17-3-c674e.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Violette Akingeneye, the director-general of Kibuye Referral Hospital\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33325 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_18-2-872a0.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Mugenzi Dominique Savio is the representative of private medical practitioners\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33326 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_20-a2131.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Diane Gashumba said that health sector made remarkable strides and gained international repute that it needs to be upheld and taken farther.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33327 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_29-d64d3.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Jean-Claude Byiringiro, Dean of the Medical School at the University of Rwanda\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33328 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_33-ff11e.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33329 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_35-bcdf6.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Muyombo Thomas known as Tom Close was present in the event\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33330 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moses_pictures_39-38b99.jpg\" alt=\"Rwanda counts 1,464 doctors in Private and Public Hospitals has 751 General Practitioners and 504 specialist doctors.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame has reminded medical practitioners to render good services to patients treating them with kindness and good heart and strive to become key to solving health sector problems and utilize effectively available resources to boost services 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