King Faisal Hospital Kigali

King Faisal Hospital Kigali, commonly known as King Faisal Hospital (KFH) is the largest referral hospital in Rwanda. The hospital is owned by the Rwandan government.[1]

King Faisal Hospital Kigali
Rwanda Ministry of Health
Map of Rwanda showing the location of King Faisal Hospital Kigali.
Geography
LocationKigali,  Rwanda
Coordinates01°56′37″S 30°05′42″E
Organisation
Care systemPublic
TypeTertiary, Referral
Services
Emergency departmentI
Beds160
History
Opened1994
Links
Other linksList of hospitals in Rwanda

Location

The hospital is located in the central business district of Kigali, the capital and largest city of Rwanda. The coordinates of the hospital are 01°56'37.0"S, 30°05'42.0"E (Latitude:-1.943611; Longitude:30.095000).[2]

Overview

King Faisal Hospital is a government-owned hospital, operated by the government on a for-profit, business model. Since Rwanda has universal health care through government-funded health insurance (Mutuelles de Sante), general care in the hospital is nearly free. A small contribution by the patient, towards his/her care (co-pay), is expected at the time services are rendered.[3]

The hospital has 160 in-patient beds and is the largest referral hospital in the country. It caters to most medical and surgical specialties and has examination and testing infrastructure which can only be found at this hospital in Rwanda, including CT scanners, MRI Scanners and Medical ultrasound technology.[1]

History

The hospital was built during the period before July 1994. The construction was funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as a gift to the people of Rwanda. The hospital is named after King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (14 April 1906 – 25 March 1975), who reigned from 1964 until 1975.[1]

Administration

Before 2017, the Government of Rwanda ran the hospital directly through the Rwanda Ministry of Health. At that time annual revenue was approximately RWF:10 billion (US$11.3 million). But profitability was elusive.[3]

In 2017, the government contracted with Oshen Group Sociedade Anonima, an Angolan company to manage the hospital for the next five years. The company paid RWF:17 billion (US$23 million), for that privilege. At that time Oshen SA, promised to improve service delivery, expand services, train more staff and renovate the physical infrastructure.[4]

However, problems began to surface soon after the Angolan managers took over. They began by firing 78 employees, in a restructuring maneuver.[5] The retrenched staff were contemplating a lawsuit in April 2017.[6]

In April 2019, the Rwandan government suddenly terminated the concession to Oshen Healthcare due to consistent poor services at the referral hospital. During the two years of the five-year contract, Oshen failed to invest, to turn a profit and to make the referral hospital a "health center of excellence in East Africa".[7]

See also

References
  1. Gray, Jerry (6 August 1994). "Rwandan Hospital Overwhelmed" (Digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive. A print version appeared in 1994 before Online version was possible). The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  2. Google (4 April 2019). "Location of King Faisal Hospital Kigali" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  3. Mugisha, Ivan (16 February 2017). and health/Private-firm-to-manage-Rwanda-referral-hospital-/3073694-3816212-tl6ljkz/index.html "Private firm to manage Rwanda's referral hospital" Check |url= value (help). The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  4. Mugisha, Ivan (10 October 2017). "King Faisal hospital targets better services, profits despite challenges". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  5. Ivan R. Mugisha (18 July 2017). "Rwanda's referral hospital services worsen despite new management". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  6. Ivan R. Mugisha (8 April 2017). "Retrenched Kigali hospital workers mull court action". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  7. Mugisha, Ivan (4 April 2019). "Rwanda terminates management contract for referral hospital- sources". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

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