{The Kigali University Hospital (CHUK) will conduct a countrywide special program of treating about 3200 patients who have been struggling to get special treatment of their illness.}

Among the patients there is the son of Nyiramuhire Marie Odette residence of Kayonza district in eastern province, who have been struggling for medical operation service for her Son.

Her 8 years old son got a problem of testicles that entered inside the body and there has been two months since the Ruli and Rwinkwavu Hospitals tried to treat him; unfortunately nothing has changed to that illness.

Nyiramuhire has been waiting for her son’s treatment for long time and she is also expecting her son who has also backache which pains him very much to be opearted.

Another one waiting to be treated by this hospital is Kanamugire Jean Nepomuscene also who has an illness that caused the inside part of his nose to come out.

He came for treatment in CHUK, after trying Mayange Hospital in Bugesera District.

In the meantime patients are suffering due to the the delay of medical services as the hospital is still organizing the special program which starts from 15 June 2015.

These patients and others say that they have different problems such as lack of shelters as they wait for their schedules, they met coldness outside as well as lacking food and some other different things.

However in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, CHUK is going to start with such patients as it was confirmed by director of CHUK, Doctor Theobald Hategekimana, on Thursday 21 may 2015.

He said slow service is caused by few employees they have, that in all 700 staffs at CHUK there are only ten surgical specialists which is the problem behind the delay in operation services for the patients.

It was observed that the hospital takes into consideration on how serious of the disease the patient has, when she/ he has given local treatment service then he must be operated in a certain period of time “there is no problem we do it and we start with those who are seriously sick.” Hategekimana said

Meanwhile there is a big number of patients that are received by this hospital due to the fact that many patients are referred to CHUK for such serious illness.

It is said 75% of patients with such illness from 29 district hospitals are sent to this main hospital. This number joins to another in Kigali who don’t have the district hospital.

As a solution to this problem the hospital has planned a special program of treating abaut 3200 patients who have problems of operation.

The program of operation which is being prepared starts from 15 June 2015.

Currently there is a consultation program to show well who are those that need to be operated or those who need another usual assistance which can be given by district hospitals.

The program will be conducted in CHUK with hospitals in Ruhengeri, Kibuye, Nyagatare, Nyamata and Kibungo.

In collaboration with U.S doctors and Rwandan government at least 500 specialists will be trained within seven years so as to be able to cope with the growing number of patients.

{{ ( By Umutoni Zaharah, Edited by Ange de la Victoire D.) }}