Over 400 health centers in Rwanda headed by Nurses

{More than 400 health centers in Rwanda are now headed by nurses whose certificates were got from secondary school, nurse option.
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This was confirmed by the Association of Nurses and Midwives of Rwanda (RNMU) and according to this association; it is a serious problem to be rectified because of the responsibilities given to the nursing directors which exceed their capacity

Edith Lunkuse, Dean of Nursing at King Faisal Hospital told IGIHE that more than 400 health centers in the country are run by nurses who completed secondary school level.

André Gitembagara , National President of the Association of Nurses and Midwives in the country, said “As the country has only 12,000 nurses and 4,000 doctors, the Ministry of Health has not yet adopted strategies to resolve problems faced by nurses working in health centers , let alone a thorough investigation should be made to solve about these problems. ”