{"id":43614,"date":"2021-05-29T09:47:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T09:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rotary-club-kigali-virunga-hands-over-transit-accommodation-facility-for-cancer\/"},"modified":"2021-06-01T12:09:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T12:09:35","slug":"rotary-club-kigali-virunga-hands-over-transit-accommodation-facility-for-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rotary-club-kigali-virunga-hands-over-transit-accommodation-facility-for-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotary Club Kigali-Virunga hands over transit accommodation facility for cancer patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

The house named \u2018Rotary House for Cancer Patients\u2019 was completed at Rwf 51 million and has the capacity to accommodate 25 patients. <\/p>\n

The facility from where patients will rest and commute to the hospital during treatment was handed over to Gasabo district officials on Friday 28th May 2021. <\/p>\n

The President of Rotary Club Kigali-Virunga, Jwala Vijay Kumar has said that the project was implemented to facilitate cancer patients with no means to afford accommodation as they get treatment at Kanombe Military Hospital. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe treatment takes between three to six weeks for patients getting radiotherapy treatment at Kanombe Military Hospital from across the country. Some people were advised to stay in Kigali as they get treatment yet some of them cannot afford accommodation expenses in hotels or don\u2019t have friends to receive them. They would prefer to spend days in slums and unhygienic places where they were exposed to infections,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why we decided to provide a comfortable house where they will stay as they get treatment,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

The executive secretary of Gasabo district, Pauline Umwali thanked Rotary Club for the newly renovated house replacing old structures that have been idle. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe district had not yet got means to renovate old structures until Rotary Club Virunga provided support so that the house can be used by cancer patients. We are grateful for this kind gesture in no smaller part,\u201d she noted. <\/p>\n

Umwali explained that the district will maintain collaboration with different partners to take care of patients of the facility be it the provision of food and cleaning the house among others. <\/p>\n

All services at the house will be offered for free. <\/p>\n

Renovations of the \u2018Rotary House for Cancer Patients\u2019 started in 2019 until 2021. <\/p>\n

Rotary Club Kigali-Virunga built the house in partnership with various partners including Kibagabaga Hospital, Kanombe Military Hospital, non-profit organizations from Germany and the United States of America and US embassy in Rwanda among others. <\/p>\n

Rotary club is an organization purposed to bring together businesses and professionals to provide humanitarian services and providing support in addressing problems facing the world by combating illiteracy and poverty, contributing to the provision of safe water, handling disputes and fighting disease.<\/p>\n

Rwanda has six clubs of Rotary Club including, Kigali Mont Jali, Musanze, Kigali Virunga, Kigali Doyen, Gasabo and Butare. <\/p>\n

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