Never Again country director Dr Munyandamutsa passes on

Dr. Naasson Munyandamutsa, a leading psychiatrist passed on Tuesday. A press release from Never Again Rwanda, where he worked as country head, said; “Dr. Munyandamutsa died after battling a one year sickness.” “Never Again Rwanda is saddened to announce to its friends, partners and general public the death of its country director, Dr. Naasson Munyandamutsa, which occurred last night on March 1, 2016” continued a statement signed by Dr Joseph Nkurunziza, Chairperson, Never Again Rwanda. Dr. Munyandamutsa, 58, is known to have rebuilt and supported various psychiatric initiatives in Rwanda, coming to the rescue of Psychiatry-Psychotherapy patients and survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, affected by trauma. He worked closely with the Ndera Neuropsychiatric Hospital and the National psychiatric centre which has been recently enlarged and assigned to the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) “We express our sincere sorrow for sad loss of Dr Naasson Munyandamutsa, Country Director @NARwanda (Never Again Rwanda), dear friend & partner to the Embassy” read a tweet from the Swedish Embassy. Who is Dr Naasson Munyandamutsa? Naasson Munyandamutsa was born on July 2nd 1958 in Rwamatamu, in Karongi District. He received his primary education in Rwamatamu and later on joined Gitwe Secondary School, in Ruhango District, the Southern Province where he completed his secondary school education. Dr Munyandamutsa received his medical degree from the University of Rwanda in 1985 and started practicing at the Ndera Neuropsychiatric Hospital. Later, he went to Switzerland and obtained his doctorate in Psychiatry-Psychotherapy. From 1989, he served in various hospitals in Switzerland, and also worked as a professor of psychiatry at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. After the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, he returned to Rwanda in 1996 leading a bilateral project funded by the Swiss Cooperation, where he helped set up the mental health system in support of traumatised victims. editorial@newtimes.co.rw

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Never Again country director Dr Munyandamutsa passes on