{"id":33217,"date":"2023-01-11T16:53:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T16:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/chuk-relocation-construction-ongoing"},"modified":"2023-01-11T17:30:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T17:30:59","slug":"chuk-relocation-construction-ongoing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/chuk-relocation-construction-ongoing","title":{"rendered":"CHUK relocation construction ongoing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) will relocate from its current site in Nyarugenge District to Masaka Hospital in Kicukiro District.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Tharcisse Mpunga, the director general of CHUK, confirmed the relocation plans but mentioned that details are being handled by the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hospital is very old and needs deep renovation and extension as it was built in the 20s. Additionally, considering the current neighbourhood, the location is inappropriate,\u201d said Zachee Iyakaremye, Permanent Secretary of the Rwanda Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n<p>Iyakaremye said that the hospital\u2019s upgrade is courtesy of a grant from the Chinese government given the strong partnership between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital will have a capacity of over 800 beds which is greater than the hospital\u2019s current capacity of 519, to extensively support the provision of good treatment like it has been doing. Iyakaremye told The New Times the government is still discussing the way forward for Masaka Hospital<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) will relocate from its current site in Nyarugenge District to Masaka Hospital in Kicukiro District. Dr Tharcisse Mpunga, the director general of CHUK, confirmed the relocation plans but mentioned that details are being handled by the Ministry of Health. \u201cThe hospital is very old and needs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":33216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-33217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CHUK relocation construction ongoing - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) will relocate from its current site in Nyarugenge District to Masaka Hospi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/chuk-relocation-construction-ongoing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CHUK relocation construction ongoing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) will relocate from its current site in Nyarugenge District to Masaka Hospi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/chuk-relocation-construction-ongoing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-11T16:53:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-11T17:30:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1673443763.89.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/chuk-relocation-construction-ongoing#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/chuk-relocation-construction-ongoing\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"CHUK relocation construction ongoing\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-11T16:53:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-11T17:30:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/chuk-relocation-construction-ongoing\"},\"wordCount\":171,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/chuk-relocation-construction-ongoing#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1673443763.89.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/chuk-relocation-construction-ongoing#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/chuk-relocation-construction-ongoing\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/chuk-relocation-construction-ongoing\",\"name\":\"CHUK relocation construction ongoing - 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