Ndera Hospital

The main center is located in Nezerwa Village, Kibenga Cell, Ndera Sector, Gasabo District, Kigali City, 17 kilometers from Kigali City Centre. The geographical coordinates of Ndera Hospital are 1°57'17.2"S 30°10'08.2"E. (Latitude:-1.954778; Longitude: 30.168944).

The hospital was founded in 1968 by the congregation of the Brothers of Charity at the request of the [https://www.gov.rw/ Rwandan Government] and the Catholic Church. Before the introduction of Ndera Hospital, psychiatric patients were prisoned. When the first patients were admitted to the hospital in 1974, it had a capacity of 40 beds, but 3 years later, the beds were increased to 140. By October 2024, the bed capacity was at 493. In 1977, a special home for chronic psychiatric patients was built with a capacity of 12 beds. As the patients increased, Ndera Hospital established two branches; CARAES Butare in Huye District, Southern Province in 1976 and Icyizere Psychotherapeutic Centre,{{Cite journal |last1=Ng |first1=L. C. |last2=Harerimana |first2=B. |date=16 May 2016 |title=Mental health care in post-genocide Rwanda: evaluation of a program specializing in posttraumatic stress disorder and substance abuse |journal=Global Mental Health |language=en |volume=3 |doi=10.1017/gmh.2016.12 |issn=2054-4251 |pmc=5012309 |pmid=27610238}} in Kicukiro District, City of Kigali in 2003. The hospital established CARAES Butare in 1978 to decentralize its services, and 25 years later, they opened a particular branch, Icyizere Psychotherapeutic Center, with bid to take care of people with addiction issues, and to particularly treat trauma, which was a big issue among the population just nine years after Genocide against the Tutsi. {{Cite web |title=Annual Reports |url=https://www.nderahospital.rw/updates/reports |url-status=live |website=Ndera Hospital website}}{{Cite web |title=50 years of Caraes Ndera: a story of love, care, and professionalism in Rwanda |url=https://brothersofcharity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Toespraak-50-jaar-Caraes-Ndera.pdf }}

The hospital is owned by the Congregation of the Brothers of Charity{{Cite web |date=18 June 2018 |title=50 years Caraes Ndera – Brothers of Charity |url=https://brothersofcharity.org/50-years-caraes-ndera/?lang=en |access-date=2021-11-02 |language=en-US}} in partnership with the Government Rwanda. The Rwandan Government supports the hospital by providing human resources and administrative support, while the Brothers of Charity oversee its daily management.

On April 9, 2022, the [https://www.gov.rw/cabinet Cabinet of Rwanda] approved the Prime Minister's instructions determining organizational structure of Ndera Hospital, upgrading the facility to a University Teaching Hospital Level, also on the same day, nine other hospitals were upgraded to the Level Two Teaching Hospital, to increase workforce in the health sector.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-19 |title=Gov't Upgrade Nine Hospitals To Teaching Hospitals |url=https://www.ktpress.rw/2022/08/govt-upgrade-nine-hospitals-to-teaching-hospitals/ |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=KT PRESS |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Official Gazette |url=https://www.minijust.gov.rw/official-gazette?tx_filelist_filelist%5Baction%5D=list&tx_filelist_filelist%5Bcontroller%5D=File&tx_filelist_filelist%5Bpath%5D=/user_upload/Minijust/Publications/Official_Gazette/2022_Official_Gazettes/__August/&cHash=b151ba24353b96e722bcaf09a2694b8d |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=www.minijust.gov.rw}}{{Cite web |title=Cabinet Decisions |url=https://www.primature.gov.rw/publications/cabinet-decisions |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=www.primature.gov.rw}} The new organizational structure was published in the Official Gazette of 11 August 2022.https://www.minijust.gov.rw/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=51417&token=045e3b9979913b0be2b314f418918f9c54601890

In October 2024, the hospital announced that 101,811 patients were received in the year 2023–2024, which is 6.3% per cent increase compared to previous year. Number of cases related to depression was 4,626.{{Cite web |title=Annual Reports |url=https://www.nderahospital.rw/updates/reports |url-status=live |website=Ndera Hospital website}}{{Cite news |last=Ashimwe |first=Edwin |date=9 October 2022 |title=Depression cases up by four fold – Ndera hospital |pages= |work=The New Times Publication |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/1613/news/health/depression-cases-up-by-four-fold---ndera-hospital |access-date=14 November 2022}} The most prevalent pathology in psychiatry department at the hospital is schizophrenia,{{Cite web |date=2018-08-10 |title=Schizophrenia: Experts urge Rwandans to de-stigmatise patients with mental illness |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/schizophrenia-mental-illness |access-date=2021-11-02 |work=The New Times (Rwanda) |language=en}} while the predominant pathology in neurology department is epilepsy.{{Cite web |date=2015-03-29 |title=Epilepsy: A medical condition that people associate with witchcraft |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/187369 |access-date=2021-11-02 |work=The New Times (Rwanda) |language=en}}

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