{"id":1500,"date":"2021-03-22T10:40:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T08:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2021-03-22T10:40:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T08:40:49","slug":"rrc-ambulance-service-supports-kibirizi-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/rrc-ambulance-service-supports-kibirizi-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"RRC: Ambulance service supports Kibirizi hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Emergency medical technicians from the Rwandan Red Cross are working day and night to help the sick in Gisagara district with an ambulance at their disposal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Rwandan Red Cross (RRC) has deployed 8 medical technicians and an ambulance to Kibirizi hospital in Gisagara district since 2019 for emergency services. \u201cThey drive the ambulance, evacuate patients and take care of them before handing them over to the hospital&#8217;s emergency department,\u201d says Jean Claude Nzabahimana, Station supervisor at the Kibirizi hospital in the Southern Province.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1503\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1503\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1503\" src=\"https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Ambulance-interieur-rr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Ambulance-interieur-rr.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Ambulance-interieur-rr-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ambulance is equipped for emergency services. (Photo le Canap\u00e9)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe work day and night in teams of two technicians. Two during the day and two at night,\u201d he says. \u201cWe all have driving licenses and the ability to take care of patients,\u201d says Nzabahimana.<\/p>\n<p>This emergency medical service provided by the RRC is very useful. \u201cIt has come to support and improve the one provided by the hospital,\u201d said the director in charge of health in Gisagara district, Jean Bosco Uwingabire. \u201cThe ambulance service serves nine health centers. Some of them are located far from the Burundian border. Some patients were arriving at the hospital in very bad conditions,\u201d explains Director Uwingabire.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1502\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1502\" src=\"https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/ambulance-service-durgence-rr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/ambulance-service-durgence-rr.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/ambulance-service-durgence-rr-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two RRC medical technicians bring a sick child to the emergency department. (Photo le Canap\u00e9)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the hospital&#8217;s director general, Dr Jean de Dieu Twizeyimana, they have three ambulances. The service of evacuating patients from the health centers is carried out in turn. \u201cThe main job is to transport and assist the sick,\u201d says Dr Twizeyimana. \u201cEmergency cases are taken care of by the ambulance service without the need for the presence of a nurse,\u201d reveals Dr Twizeyimana.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1504\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1504\" src=\"https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Dr-Twizeyimana-rr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Dr-Twizeyimana-rr.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Dr-Twizeyimana-rr-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Les cas d\u2019urgence sont pris en charge par le service d\u2019ambulance sans la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 d\u2019une pr\u00e9sence d\u2019un infirmier, \u00bb Dr Twizeyimana, DG de l\u2019h\u00f4pital de Kibirizi. (Photo le Canap\u00e9)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Similar services provided by the Rwandan Red Cross (RRC) are also available at Nyamata hospital in the Eastern Province, in the refugee camps of Mahama and Nyabiheke and at the headquarters of this auxiliary state organization in Kigali.<\/p>\n<p>The RRC intends to extend this emergency medical service to the city of Kigali and other districts, although this requires significant resources to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>This ambulance service is operational thanks to the existing partnership between the Rwandan Ministry of Health and the Rwandan Red Cross (RRC).<\/p>\n<p><strong>G\u00e9rard Rugambwa<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency medical technicians from the Rwandan Red Cross are working day and night to help the sick in Gisagara district with an ambulance at their disposal. 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