JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (ADV) – Rwanda has expressed confidence on a team of the United States’ medical doctors who are set to perform heart surgeries to 16 Rwandan patients.
“I am happy these partnerships are really focusing on capacity building. We really appreciate their commitment,” said Health Minister, Dr Diane Gashumba.
“Our young doctors have the opportunity to learn from Team Heart.”
Gashumba was speaking during her recent visit at the camp set up in Oshen King Faisal Hospital, in capital Kigali.
Dubbed the “Team Hearts”, they have been in partnership with Rwandan Health Ministry for over a decade since 2007, in a bid to treat patients with heart complications and help refine the local doctors’ skills.
The minister said the government is planning to develop more cardiologists across the country.
“The Government is really committed to investing in capacity building and whatever time it takes, we will do what it takes to have well-trained medical doctors who can perform the same operations in the next five or ten years,” she said.
“We have few doctors, we have a shortage of doctors, which is really a big issue, but we have a plan to train more doctors for the sustainability of our health services.”
Team Heart is a non-profit medical organisation that focuses on bringing sustainable cardiac care to Rwanda. Each year, they travel to Rwanda to perform screenings, heart operations and workshops with local Rwandan medical staff.
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