{"id":1615,"date":"2014-09-01T07:16:22","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T06:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/blogs\/english\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2016-07-21T09:41:07","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T09:41:07","slug":"kamenge-military-hospital-plans-to-treat-injured-burundian-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/kamenge-military-hospital-plans-to-treat-injured-burundian-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamenge Military Hospital plans to treat injured Burundian troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Burundian soldiers, fighting in Somalia and elsewhere in Africa, receive medical treatment in Kenya or South Africa when they are injured. The Kamenge Military Hospital wants to treat them at home.<\/strong>-By\u00a0Diane Uwimana<\/em><\/p>\n

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One of the blocs(left hand) that will be transformed into the adapted emergency and intensive care which are near the operating rooms and radiology department (right hand) \u00a9Iwacu<\/p><\/div>\n

The main challenge that Burundian soldiers face when they are in hospitals abroad is the linguistic barrier. \u201cThey do not express themselves freely as the two countries use English as their main language\u201d, says Marc Nimburanira, the Director General of the Kamenge Military Hospital.
\nHe goes on saying that it is better for recovery to be surrounded by their families. \u201cWhile abroad, nobody comes to care for them.\u201d Patients generally improve quicker when they feel at ease. Even something as simple as familiar food will help them recuperate.
\nDr Nimburanira mentions that the Kamenge Military Hospital has 14 specialist doctors, 21 generalist doctors, 23 high technicians and 143 nurses. \u201cThey are trained in advanced support of traumatic emergencies, they will work hard to protect and cure these soldiers\u201d, Dr Nimburanira says.<\/p>\n

He feels the hospital is ready to care for the country\u2019s wounded soldiers. However, some work remains to be done. \u201cThe United Nations appraises the kind of hospitals that are able to receive these kind of patients\u201d, Dr Nimburanira points out. He indicates that the hospital, at present, does not hit all the marks. \u201cThe United Nations jury considers a maximum of 170 points. In order to be eligible, you must have at least two thirds, i.e. 113 out of 170 points. The Kamenge Hospital marks 99 out of 170.\u201d<\/p>\n

The institution lacks specialized equipment and infrastructure, but that will change soon. \u201cThe Government of the Netherlands has recently promised to transform one of our blocs into a specialized emergency and intensive care unit, near the operating rooms and radiology department\u201d, Dr Nimburanira explains.
\n\u201cWhen the troops are treated at home, the country also gains something. The fees previously paid abroad will enter in the country\u201d, Dr Nimburanira ensures. One year from now, the hospital will be able to receive the Burundian troops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Burundian soldiers, fighting in Somalia and elsewhere in Africa, receive medical treatment in Kenya or South Africa when they are injured. The Kamenge Military Hospital wants to treat them at home.-By\u00a0Diane Uwimana The main challenge that Burundian soldiers face when they are in hospitals abroad is the linguistic barrier. \u201cThey do not express themselves freely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[40,349],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3185,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions\/3185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}