The Rwanda National Police (RNP) hospital – Kacyiru Police Hospital – has received a Laparoscopy; an instrument used to inspect and diagnose a condition and perform surgeries.
The instrument worth Rwf 100 million donated by the United Nations Family Planning Association comes at the time when the hospital was facing challenges in abdominal related inspections and surgeries as most patients would either be referred to other local hospitals or abroad.
With this modern multipurpose instrument, Commissioner of Police (CP) Dr. Daniel Nyamwasa, the director of Kacyiru Police Hospital (KPH), believes there will be rare transfers of patients as it can serve various required services.
KPH becomes the fourth hospital in the country to acquire a laparoscopy machine, which is used to detect abdominal infections, in the removal of gallbladder, uterus and ovaries, and facilitate evaluating the pelvis and fallopian tubes in case of infertility.
The surgeon makes a small incision in the skin and passes a thin laparoscope lighted tube that consist a camera through it to study the organs and tissues inside the abdomen or pelvis find problems.
Laparoscopy replaces laparotomy surgery that uses a larger incision in the belly and a patient is discharged the following day.
Mr. Cheikh Fall, UNFPA-Rwanda Deputy Representative, who handed over the instrument at KPH, commended Rwanda National Police for putting in place a comprehensive approach to security by also “embracing the provision of quality health services.”
He lauded the impact of Isange One Stop Centre in offering medical services the gender-based affected women and girls.
He pledged his institution’s support improve the force’s health sector.
About 73 percent of patients received by Kacyiru Police Hospital are victims of GBV.
CP Nyamwasa thanked UNFPA for its continued support and added that the machine will help the hospital to improve its services and further help women, thus contributing to the reduction of maternal morbidity and mortality in the country.
“Even when we give a transfer to a patient, we will have identified what they are suffering from, unlike before,” CP Nyamwasa stated.
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