Overview of  Ruhango Provincial Hospital

DESCRIPTION OF RUHANGO PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL

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).

Telephone:
0733 228 538

Email:
ruhango.hospital@moh.gov.rw

Address:
P.Box: 33 Ruhango

Twitter:
@RuhangoPH

Mission of Ruhango Provincial Hospital

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 of Ruhango Provincial Hospital

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

  1. Hospital health care must create and maintain a social and physical environment that is as welcoming, unthreatening, and supportive as possible.

  2. Medical Care should be patient-centered.

  3. Trained staff and skilled personnel are necessary for quality patient care.

  4. Continuous learning, evaluation, and research are means of health care improvement.

  5. Continuous patient health education will promote behavior change and treatment compliance to produce long term results.

  6. Patients are to be involved in decision-making regarding their individual medical problems and treatment.

  7. Patients are a part of a family unit; therefore families will be involved in the health care process.

  8. 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.

Dr TUYISHIME Emile

The Director General

Biography: 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

Mrs MUHAWENIMANA Clémentine

Human Resources Officer

MUHAWENIMANA Clémentine holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management obtained at the University of Rwanda in 2021.  She is Human Resources and Salaries Officer at Ruhango Provincial Hospital since July 2023 up to date.

MANIRARORA Eldadi

Procurement Officer

MANIRARORA Eldadi, is Procurement Officer in Ruhango Provincial Hospital from March 2025 to date. He has a bachelor's degree in management. Before joining Ruhango Provincial Hospital, he served in Local Government Entities for several years, especially as Accountant at Sector Level and Procurement Officer at District Level. 

BENIMANA Ephron

Internal Auditor

BENIMANA Ephron is Internal Auditor Officer at Ruhango Provincial Hospital from November 1st,2024 to date. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He attended professional courses in accounting and has a CTA, Stage II Certificate. 

BENIMANA Ephron has over 16 years' experience in accounting: From 2008 to April 2024, he occupied positions of Accountant at 4 health Centers. From April 2024 to end of October 2004, he worked respectively as Acting Budget Officer (April- June) and Accountant (July-October) at District Level.    

 

MUSABYIMANA Laurence

Quality Improvment Officer

Mrs MUSABYIMANA Laurence is QI Officer since November 5, 2024. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Health. She also has background in Midwifery (Advanced Diploma) and nursing (A2).   

From May 2021 to January 15, 2018, Mrs MUSABYIMANA served as Chief Nursing at Ruhango Provincial Hospital. And, from 2018 up to the beginning of November 2024, she was in charge of “Extended Program of Immunization” at Ruhango Provincial Hospital.   

NSENGIYUMVA Jean Bosco

Community Health Supervisor

Mr NSENGIYUMVA Jean Bosco, is the Community Health Supervisor/Ag Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer in Ruhango Provincial Hospital since March 2021 up to now. He is a bachelor’s degree holder in Public Health, with background in nursing studied at Secondary school level. 

MUHAYIMANA Samuel

Data Manager

MUHAYIMANA Samuel holds a bachelor's degree in general nursing and serves as Acting Data Manager Officer at Ruhango Provincial Hospital since July 1st, 2024. 

Before joining Ruhango PH, Muhayimana worked as a nurse at Gitwe Health Centre (2012-2027). From 2017 to 2021 he headed Mwendo Health Centre, before serving as Data Manager Officer at Gishweru Health Centre.    

Best Employee of the Year 2024-2025

Gasigwa Emmanuel