The Ministry of Well being mentioned it’s going to roll out reforms that may allow well being posts to supply extra providers, enhance staffing gaps and strengthen know-how use.
That is a part of efforts deal with to gaps recognized within the community of well being posts, the bottom stage of medical services, together with some that weren’t operational or have been situated removed from communities.
Ministry officers made the remarks whereas showing earlier than Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Friday, July 10, to reply to points in well being posts which have been highlighted within the 2024/25 report by the Workplace of the Auditor Common.
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MPs famous that 128 well being posts weren’t working and requested the ministry to elucidate measures being taken to handle the difficulty.
Jean Marie Vianney Ndayizigiye, the Everlasting Secretary on the Ministry of Well being, mentioned an evaluation of greater than 1,300 first- and second-generation well being posts discovered that about 200 well being posts have been discovered to be mislocated, prompting a evaluation how the services can higher help healthcare supply, in keeping with the ministry.
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“A few of them, particularly in Western Province, have been discovered to be very removed from the folks they’re alleged to serve. There are locations the place sufferers are nonetheless carried utilizing conventional stretchers (ingobyi), but we have to transfer in direction of extra trendy healthcare entry,” Ndayizigiye mentioned.
He added that some services have been additionally situated in areas with restricted web connectivity, affecting the usage of know-how.
Nonetheless, he mentioned the response goes past relocating services, with plans to strengthen well being posts by increasing the vary of providers they supply, enhancing tools, growing know-how use and making certain they’ve sufficient healthcare employees.
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Oreste Tuganeyezu, Director of Scientific Companies on the Ministry of Well being, mentioned well being posts have been established to carry primary healthcare providers nearer to communities by decreasing the space, time and prices folks incur when in search of remedy.
“The concept was that each cell ought to have a well being publish so that folks can get handled on the grassroots stage,” he mentioned.
He defined that the ministry is reviewing the well being publish mannequin to extend the variety of illnesses managed on the services, enhance tools and strengthen staffing.
The reforms are anticipated to help the federal government’s goal of making certain 95 per cent of individuals obtain healthcare providers on the grassroots stage.
Tuganeyezu mentioned some providers that at the moment require sufferers to go to well being centres may steadily be introduced nearer to communities.
“For instance, somebody with hypertension nonetheless has to go to well being centres to get medicines. We’re taking a look at how we are able to increase the providers supplied at well being posts,” he mentioned.
He added that some well being posts have been additionally affected by upkeep challenges and poor places, which discouraged healthcare employees from staying there.
He mentioned the reforms are nearing completion and can information enhancements within the location, capability and providers offered by well being posts throughout the nation.
The ministry mentioned well being publish buildings affected by relocation selections won’t be deserted, with discussions ongoing with native authorities authorities on how they can be utilized for different providers.
