Background
Ruhango Provincial Hospital is a public institution located in Ruhango District, in the Southern Province. It is Located in Kinazi sector at 22 km from the office of Ruhango District, and is surrounded by Muhanga, Kamonyi, Nyanza and Bugesera Districts.
Ruhango Provincial Hospital is one of the two Hospitals which serve the population of Ruhango district. It was inaugurated in 2012 as a District Hospital, and, then after it was ranked as a Provincial Hospital.
Currently, the hospital serves 7 health centers and 8 Public Health Posts and 8 Private Health Posts from 4 sectors of Ruhango District. It serves 228,992 populations from 4 sectors namely Kinazi, Ntongwe, Ruhango and Mbuye with 27 cells and 285 villages.
The hospital provides both in-patients and out-patients health services. Its vision and mission is to offer comprehensive and compassionate health care services that are customer care centered with main priority of constant quality and safety of care. The annual comprehensive clinical data revealed that the hospital has served 152,988 Clients in Out Patients Department and it has a capacity of 360 beds but 177 beds only available in the services, with the variation of 45% and 100% of the occupation depending of the service concerned (Source: HMIS 2020).
Mission
The mission of the Ruhango Provincial hospital is to ensure and promote the health status of the population of Rwanda. This mission will be achieved by Improving the health of the community, providing quality Health care services, providing technical support health facilities from catchment area.
Vision
The vision of Ruhango Provincial hospital is to continuously improve the health of the people of Rwanda, by providing continuous quality healthcare to every customer.
Values of Ruhango Provincial Hospital
Caring: We do the kind Thing:
Every staff member touches the lives of the patients and families in our care. We treat those we serve and each other with kindness and compassion and strive to better understand and respond to the needs of a diverse community.
Safety: We do the Safe Thing
Patients and families have placed their lives and health in our hands. Our first priority - and the rule of medicine is to protect them from harm. We believe that maintaining the highest safety standard is critical to delivering high-quality care and that a safe workplace protects us all.
Excellence: We do the Best Thing
Only the best will do. We work as a team to bring experience, advanced technology and the best practices to bear in proving the highest-quality care for our patients and families. We devote ourselves to continuous improvement, excellence, professionalism and innovation in our work.
Integrity: We do the Right Thing
Our actions tell the world what Ruhango Hospital is and what we stand for. We act ethically and responsibly in everything we do and hold ourselves accountable for our behavior. We bring respect, openness and honesty to our encounters with patients, families, and coworkers and support the well-being of the communities we serve.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND PHILOSOPHIES OF CARE
Hospital health care must create and maintain a social and physical environment that is as welcoming, unthreatening, and supportive as possible.
Medical Care should be patient-centered.
Trained staff and skilled personnel are necessary for quality patient care.
Continuous learning, evaluation, and research are means of health care improvement.
Continuous patient health education will promote behavior change and treatment compliance to produce long term results.
Patients are to be involved in decision-making regarding their individual medical problems and treatment.
Patients are a part of a family unit; therefore families will be involved in the health care process.
Quality principles are the underlying foundation of our health care system.
GOALS
To provide affordable, cost-effective, and efficient medical and surgical health care services to our patients.
Provide the highest level of quality health care based on established standards and evidence-based medicine.
To be the primary peripheral center of excellence in clinical skills development and operational research activities.
To provide sounding technical and formative supervision to lower level health facilities.
To create an environment that includes patients in decision making regarding their holistic medical care.
To create a safe and a good working environment to our staff.
Director General
Dr TUYISHIME Emile
Director General
Dr Emile Tuyishime is a Medical Doctor by profession for over 12 years with experience in public health domain, leadership, and governance. Currently, he is Director General of Ruhango Provincial Hospital. From 2018 to 2022, he has been Director General of Gakoma, Nyanza and Muhororo respectively. He is an experienced researcher in infectious diseases especially HIV and had worked with Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group (RZHRG) to conduct a study on “HIV testing and treatment cascade among female sex workers in Kigali, Rwanda.
DR SIBOMANA Charles
Director of Medical and Allied Health Services
Dr SIBOMANA Charles, is acting Director of Medical and Allied Health Services in Ruhango Provincial Hospital from February,2018 to date. In addition he worked as acting Direct General of Ruhango PH since may 2019 to September 2019. Before joining Ruhango Provincial Hospital, he was in the General Practitioner at Nemba District Hospital. Dr Charles is Bachelor’s Degree in General Medecine.
MANIRAGUHA Jean Pierre
Director of Administration and Finance
Mr MANIRAGUHA Jean Pierre is Director of Administration and Finance since March 12th, 2025. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and brilliantly succeeded professional courses in Accounting (Intermediate Level CPA Rwanda).
Before joining Ruhango Provincial Hospital, Mr MANIRAGUHA wasActing Accountant of Ruhango District. Prior to that, he worked as Billing Officer at Ruhango District One Stop Centre (2015-2019), Acting Local Revenue Inspector in Ruhango District (2016-2019), Accountant and Secretary at Sector Level (2012-2015) and teacher in Secondary Schools (2007-2008).
UMUTONI Jeanne d'Arc
Director of Nursing and Midwife
Mrs UMUTONI Jeanne d'Arc been serving as Director of Nursing and Midwifery at Ruhango Provincial Hospital since 2021, providing strategic leadership for nursing and midwifery services across the hospital.
She is a senior Nurse–Midwife and health leader with over 25 years of experience in Rwanda’s health system. From 1999 to 2021, she held progressive clinical and managerial roles at health center and hospital levels, leading maternal, neonatal, pediatric, and community health services. Her work has focused on quality improvement, infection prevention and control, workforce development, and patient safety, contributing to strengthened service delivery and improved health outcomes.
She holds a Master’s degree in Pediatric Nursing (2023–2025) and she is a Fellow in Global Leadership in Nursing and Midwifery at UGHE (2025). Her research (2023–2025) examined the prevalence and associated factors of non-communicable diseases among children at King Faisal Hospital and CHUK, with emphasis on socioeconomic and nutritional determinants, and she integrates research and data-driven practice into health leadership