Twenty five pediatricians from various hospitals in the country have completed training on how to deal with infants in critical health situations.
The training aimed reducing children mortality which often occurs during birth delivery.
Lisine Tuyisenge , secretary of the Rwanda Pediatric Association noted that the training would help improve health services in not only urban but rural pediatric units.
She noted that there have been partnering with similar associations in the region to exchange some of the best practices.
Labai Bikorimana one of the trainees noted that he intends to train his colleagues given that there’s a culture of negligence among most pedestrians.
“If you allow all patients to line up waiting for the doctor some might die on the queue, that’s why we first access patients and give priority to those in critical situations,” Bakorimana said.
Bakorimana noted that the new training equiped them with modern skills of selecting and giving first aid to most sick children and new born baby resuscitation which means giving life to a born baby who is not breathing or other severe complications.
John Wachira the chairman of Kenya Pediatric Association noted that they have been training the local pediatricians on some of the best practices.
“There’s what we call supportive care literally means that a sick infant doesn’t only get injected with medical fluids but also fed,” Wachira advised.
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