Government should consider urgently extending ambulances to save lives of Ngororero District residents who trek tens of miles seeking medical services while carrying patients on outdated traditional stretchers.
In some of the schools,students health seem to be in danger for they still use traditional stretchers to transport their sick colleague to the nearby Health center.
IGIHE.com can report that students of EAV Kivumu school in Nyange sector, Ngororero District in Western Province carry their colleagues on traditional stretcher on their shoulders.
According to the student, it is a common behaviour that when their colleague is sick they get the traditional stretcher and carry him/her on their shoulders walking over 3kms to the hospital.
Therefore one of them said, “As journalists be our ambassadors so that we can be rescued by the ministry like other students elsewhere in the country otherwise our health and studies is at high risk.”
Denise Mukarukundo senior six student studying History, English and Georgraphy combination will be taking care of the patient.
He said, “she is my colleague though I am a candidate but I have no option because i have to take care of her, there is nothing to do since we don’t have a sickbay at school.”
Timothy Mutuyimana Ntawumenyumunsi a teacher at the school said that the issue of having sick bays in schools has been discussed by the ministry of Education but conclusion has not been reached upon and it is acted upon differently in schools.
He added, “If the top leaders could help us and provide infrastructure, it can also help our students concentrate on their studies.”
Over ten students are forced by the circumustance to leave their classes any time a student gets sick.
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