Department of Internal Medicine

The Department of Internal Medicine is one of clinical departments at University Teaching Hospital of Butare (CHUB) with 8 units and it focuses on provision of health promotion activities, the diagnosis and treatment of different medical conditions. The principle objectives of the department are the provision of standards care (promotional, preventive, curative and rehabilitative) of medical conditions seen in locality together with training of undergraduate and post graduate medical students and nursing students, research, and supervision of Referral and District Hospitals.

64

Beds

10

Doctors specialist

50

Nurses

4

General Practioners

Internal Medicine Department

It is a vast department with different services linked to the specialities and sub-specialities listed below:

Outpatients Clinic: From Monday to Friday, 8AM to 5PM. Private clinic/DCP from Monday to Friday, 8AM to 7:30PM and from 8AM to 6PM during the week ends.

Services offered at Outpatients Clinic: NCDs Management, Hepatitis Cases Management, Provision of Specialized care (Infectiology, Pulmonology, Cardiology, Nephrology, Gastro-enterology, Neurology, Myology, Geriatrics, Endocrinology, Rheumatology, etc), Performing the Upper and Lower GI endoscopy, Bronchoscopy, and ECG for OPD Cases.


HIV Adult Clinic: From Monday and Friday, 8AM to 5PM. Private Clinic for one day during week end for VIP/Private cases.

Services offered at HIV Adult Clinic: HIV Testing and Treatment, Screening and management of opportunistic infections, Counselling and Psychosocial support, Support and care to patients’ partners.

Dermatology: From Monday to Friday, 8AM to 5PM. Private clinic/DCP, All Friday,  from 8h to 13h and better to call for booking on the following numbers: For DCP: call 0737118291, for outpatient consultation: call : 0783738000.

Services offered at Dermatology: General dermatology consultations, Dermatology surgery (Minor surgeries), Venereology and Puvatherapy. Note that it is better to call 0783738000 for Appointment

Hemodialysis: Every day, 7/7 and 24/24 Hours.

Services offered in Hemodialysis: Nephrology cases consultation and management, hemodialysis sessions.

Center for Tuberculosis management: Every day, 7/7 and 24/24 Hours.

Services offered in Center for Tuberculosis management: Screening of TB cases, diagnosis and providing curative treatment.

Inpatients Services: Every day, 7/7 and 24/24 Hours.

Services offered at Outpatients Clinic: Admissions of Patients, Psycho-social support to admitted patients, Ward Rounds and Provision of promotional, preventive, curative and rehabilitative care, Discharge of patients.

WORKING HOURS
Outpatient: every day from 8: AM to 5: PM, 
for the inpatient and emergencies, the service is ensured 24/24

Heads of Internal Medicine department and Units

Dr MUSHURU Evariste

Head of Department of Internal Medicine

Specialist in Internal Medicine

Tel +250 788 547392

Mrs. YAMURAGIYE Priscile

Matrone of Internal Medicine Deprtment

Tel +250 788883676

Dr. BAMURANGE Pricille Anick

Head of Dermatology Unit

Tel +250 788 858 445