{"id":57124,"date":"2026-02-09T09:58:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/over-rwf-12-billion-invested-in-advanced-medical-equipment-at-chub\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T09:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:59:25","slug":"over-rwf-12-billion-invested-in-advanced-medical-equipment-at-chub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/over-rwf-12-billion-invested-in-advanced-medical-equipment-at-chub\/","title":{"rendered":"Over Rwf 12 billion invested in advanced medical equipment at CHUB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The update was shared on February 8, 2026, during events held at the hospital to mark the International Day of the Sick, where staff and stakeholders reflected on ways to further improve patient care.<\/p>\n<p>CHUB\u2019s Acting Director General, Dr. Christian Ngarambe, said the hospital has acquired a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine used to diagnose internal health conditions.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the hospital has also strengthened its cancer care services by introducing new diagnostic equipment, which is expected to significantly reduce referrals to Butaro Hospital in Burera District for cancer-related examinations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo ease access for patients, services such as CT scanning, cancer diagnostics, and other procedures that previously required referrals to distant hospitals are now available closer to them. We thank our leadership for this milestone, which will improve the quality of care we provide,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ngarambe noted that patient transfers to Kigali will drop significantly, as more than 75 percent of those previously referred outside CHUB were seeking MRI examinations. \u201cWe expect these journeys to decrease considerably, which is a positive development for patients,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Alphonse Nzabihimana from Nyamagabe District shared that he had suffered from an intestinal condition that had persisted since 2022 despite treatment. <\/p>\n<p>After being examined using the newly installed equipment at CHUB, doctors identified the illness and treated him without surgery. He is now preparing to return home without needing treatment far from his district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate the Government of Rwanda for improving our lives and investing in technology. In the past, patients like us had to travel abroad or to Kigali for treatment, which was very difficult. Now advanced healthcare services are available in our Southern Province,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Eug\u00e9nie Niyitegeka, a mother from Ruhango District receiving treatment at CHUB after being referred from Kinazi Hospital for an abdominal tumor, expressed similar gratitude. She said patients previously feared being referred to Kigali, far from their families and in unfamiliar surroundings, but now receive care closer to home at a lower cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is now a machine that scans the entire body. Even someone like me with limited means was examined with it, and doctors clearly identified my condition. There is no illness they fail to handle here at CHUB anymore. It is truly valuable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The equipment, valued at over Rwf 12 billion, is expected to significantly enhance specialized healthcare services at CHUB, which serves more than four million residents across the Southern Province and much of the Western Province. The hospital receives at least 40,000 patients each month.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-101861\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/iki_cyuma_nacyo_kizajya_gipima_k.jpg\" alt=\"CHUB has strengthened its cancer care services by introducing new diagnostic equipment.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-101862\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umwe_mu_baganga_yerekana_imik.jpg\" alt=\"A CHUB doctor shows how the machine used to detect breast cancer functions.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-101860\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/iyi_mashini_nayo_iri_mu_nshya.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University Teaching Hospital of Butare (CHUB) has installed three advanced medical machines valued at more than Rwf 12 billion, a move expected to broaden specialized services and reduce the number of patients referred to Kigali for certain diagnostic examinations and treatments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000101859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-57124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000101859,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iki_cyuma_nacyo_kizajya_gipima_k.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iki_cyuma_nacyo_kizajya_gipima_k.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iki_cyuma_nacyo_kizajya_gipima_k.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iki_cyuma_nacyo_kizajya_gipima_k.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iki_cyuma_nacyo_kizajya_gipima_k.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iki_cyuma_nacyo_kizajya_gipima_k.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000101859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57124"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=57124"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=57124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}