In honour of World Humanitarian Day, we would like to highlight the visit of Dr. Tuyisenge, head of pediatrics at the Kigali University Teaching Hospital. While she was here, our two institutions signed a memorandum of agreement aimed at improving knowledge sharing.
Dr. Tuyisenge visited a number of the Children’s departments, including nephrology, hematology-oncology and the Telehealth Centre, and met with department heads who explained their respective tasks as well as the hospital’s organizational structure. When Dr. Tuyisenge returns home full of new ideas, knowledge and experience that she gained within the walls of the Children’s, she hopes to be able to establish in her own hospital some of the practices she observed here.
Dr. Tuyisenge extended an open invitation to the doctors at the Children’s to visit Rwanda and her hospital to see firsthand the changes she plans to institute as a result of their collaboration. She also hopes to send staff from her hospital to the Children’s to learn about the organizational structure of a hospital like ours.
Dr. Tuyisenge believes the relationship between her hospital and the Children’s is to everyone’s benefit. The Kigali University Teaching Hospital has a wealth of knowledge that could be useful to the Children’s. Cooperation between the hospitals will promote the exchange of information on tropical diseases and diseases that are particularly virulent in Africa. For example, Kigali has acquired considerable knowledge about children living with HIV.
Kigali also has knowledge in areas that might guide the Children’s toward new studies and innovative treatments. Examples are malnutrition, the prevalence of which has diminished considerably in Rwanda, malaria, which has yet to be controlled and still affects many people, and other chronic diseases that at times manifest themselves in different ways in Africa.
It is worth mentioning that this visit was made possible by the Montreal Children’s Hospital Auxiliary. Dr. Tuyisenge is convinced that donors who contribute to this project won’t be disappointed when they see the progress made through the new initiative.
When asked what she thought of the Children’s, Dr. Tuyisenge described it as a complete pediatric hospital—something that is still a dream in her country. Having witnessed the exceptional quality of care and the many specializations it provides, she hopes her hospital might someday be as distinguished as ours.
In honour of World Humanitarian Day, we would like to highlight the visit of Dr. Tuyisenge, head of pediatrics at the Kigali University Teaching Hospital. While she was here, our two institutions signed a memorandum of agreement aimed at improving knowledge sharing.
Dr. Tuyisenge visited a number of the Children’s departments, including nephrology, hematology-oncology and the Telehealth Centre, and met with department heads who explained their respective tasks as well as the hospital’s organizational structure. When Dr. Tuyisenge returns home full of new ideas, knowledge and experience that she gained within the walls of the Children’s, she hopes to be able to establish in her own hospital some of the practices she observed here.
Dr. Tuyisenge extended an open invitation to the doctors at the Children’s to visit Rwanda and her hospital to see firsthand the changes she plans to institute as a result of their collaboration. She also hopes to send staff from her hospital to the Children’s to learn about the organizational structure of a hospital like ours.
Dr. Tuyisenge believes the relationship between her hospital and the Children’s is to everyone’s benefit. The Kigali University Teaching Hospital has a wealth of knowledge that could be useful to the Children’s. Cooperation between the hospitals will promote the exchange of information on tropical diseases and diseases that are particularly virulent in Africa. For example, Kigali has acquired considerable knowledge about children living with HIV.
Kigali also has knowledge in areas that might guide the Children’s toward new studies and innovative treatments. Examples are malnutrition, the prevalence of which has diminished considerably in Rwanda, malaria, which has yet to be controlled and still affects many people, and other chronic diseases that at times manifest themselves in different ways in Africa.
It is worth mentioning that this visit was made possible by the Montreal Children’s Hospital Auxiliary. Dr. Tuyisenge is convinced that donors who contribute to this project won’t be disappointed when they see the progress made through the new initiative.
When asked what she thought of the Children’s, Dr. Tuyisenge described it as a complete pediatric hospital—something that is still a dream in her country. Having witnessed the exceptional quality of care and the many specializations it provides, she hopes her hospital might someday be as distinguished as ours.