Seraphin Iradukunda

King Faisal Hospital, Kigali has 160 bed capacity. That includes 7 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds, 7 high-dependence unit beds, 5 operation theatres, 7 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) beds, 13 beds in the emergency observation rooms and 2 fully equipped resuscitation rooms. The hospital also has a private wing with 8 high-end rooms, 2 of which are ICU rooms.[5] With an average annual number of consultations of 72,201 patients and an average annual number of admissions of 8,346, the hospital has the region's lowest average length of stay of 5 days. King Faisal Hospital Kigali acquired a Cath Lab (Catheterization lab) in November 2020. The laboratory will be in use for several procedures including diagnosing and treating certain cardiovascular conditions; carrying out coronary angioplasty (opening narrowed or blocked blood vessels that supply blood to the heart); coronary stenting (placing tube-shaped devices into the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart to keep them open); as well as other interventions to correct blood flow, repair holes in the heart or locate blockages in blood vessels. In December 2020, the hospital acquired a 1.5 Tesla MRI digital scanner. The MRI is of the latest technology. It provides higher resolution scans of the body’s organs and tissues and allow better diagnosis. The hospital has the only CT scanner with a 128 slices capacity in the country as well as 13 haemodialysis machines. As of September 2020, the hospital started a renovation and expansion project.The newly launched outpatient block comprises 45 new consultation rooms and an outpatient clinic that will be offering premium services. The first phase of the renovation project is focused on revamping the hospital’s lobby and its private inpatient wing has been completed.