Over 130 patients underwent cardiac and renal surgery during a two-day medical camp that was led by two visiting Indian surgeons in Kigali. The two, cardiology consultants, Dr Brajesh Kunwar, and urologist and renal surgeon Dr S.K. Bhagat, led a local team last week, treating patients at La Croix du Sud Hospital, commonly known as ‘Kwa Nyirinkwaya’, from November 19-20. The visiting experts work at Seven Hills Hospital in Mumbai, India. After spending two days treating patients, they conducted a one-day training workshop, organised by the Rwanda Medical Council, with over twenty local doctors on modern management of Cardiac Arrhythmia, a heart disease caused by heart rhythm problems, and Prostate complications. Speaking to The New Times on Friday, Dr Jean Chrysostome Nyirinkwaya, the chairperson of Rwanda Healthcare Federation, said the training would help doctors treat patients suffering from the same complications. “This is a good opportunity to Rwandan doctors to learn from this team as this workshop will help them improve their medical services, especially in cardiac and renal surgery,” said Nyirinkwaya, also the proprietor of La croix du Sud. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death for men over 45 years of age after lung cancer. Dr Nyirinkwaya urged the public to go for Prostate Specific Antigen tests regularly in order to screen for the disease.
