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Genocide survivors in Gisagara district want UNMWA to treat them at district hospital
The request was made to the Witnesses of Good Governance who work with the FVA Association and often approach people at community meetings and show them what they want to do so that they can enjoy the services they get from the administrative agencies.
Martin Kalangwa, a representative of the Good Governance Organization of the Gisagala District, which collected the opinions of all parties, said: “The genocide survivors sent us to ask the district to defend them and that they can get the services provided by the provincial hospital at the district level.”
Karangwa explained that the service they received at the main hospital was treatment by specialist doctors and medicines were also provided to them without any payment as it was paid for by MINUBUMWE. Those who have a Personal Identification Number (PIN) issued by MINUBUMWE can also use the service.
This was instituted because specialist treatment is expensive and vulnerable genocide survivors with genocide legacy illnesses are often unable to afford these specialists.
Kalangwa explained that the people who sent them told them that after 30 years of genocide, some of the elderly were getting sick, especially with chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Therefore, like the victims of the genocide, they were already being treated regularly, and they were left like this.
For those who do not have enough means, it is not easy to see a doctor regularly because in district hospitals, they often prescribe medicines that are not available in the hospital pharmacy and they go to an outside pharmacy to buy them and pay 100% of the cost.
Social services in the Gisagara district said that to date they have survivors of the 1895 genocide who often receive treatment because they suffer from chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease and chronic headaches. Most of them are over 50 years old.
They also said that hospitalization itself is not a problem because they have mutual aid, so they pay 10% of the required amount, and the problem is buying medicine. The school district also helps those who fail.
The operator of the service also said that this problem has been brought to the attention of MINUBUMWE and hopefully a solution will eventually be found. For them, one of the possible remedies is to set up pharmacies in partnership with Mitweli, which will eliminate the problem of cheap medicines, just as those pharmacies in partnership with MINUBUMWE also provide medicines to those receiving treatment.
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