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Ndera Hospital

Ndera Hospital is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Ndera Hospital rather than just read about it. In short: Ndera Neuropsychiatric Teaching Hospital, widely known as Caraes Ndera Hospital, is a referral and teaching hospital in Rwanda that provides specialized healthcare in psychiatry and neurology. Founded in 1968, the hospital is located in Ndera Sector, Gasabo District in City of Kigali.

Key takeaways

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Reproduce the core statement of Ndera Hospital from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Ndera Neuropsychiatric Teaching Hospital, widely known as Caraes Ndera Hospital, is a referral and teaching hospital in Rwanda that provides specialized healthcare in psychiatry and neurology. Founded in 1968, the hospital is located in Ndera Sector, Gasabo District in City of Kigali.

Location The main center is located in Nezerwa Village, Kibenga Cell, Ndera Sector, Gasabo District, Kigali City, 17 kilometers from Kigali City Centre. The geographical coordinates of Ndera Hospital are 1°57'17.2"S 30°10'08.2"E. (Latitude:-1.954778; Longitude: 30.168944).

History The hospital was founded in 1968 by the congregation of the Brothers of Charity at the request of the Rwandan Government and the Catholic Church. Before the introduction of Ndera Hospital, psychiatric patients were prisoned. When the first patients were admitted to the hospital in 1974, it had a capacity of 40 beds, but 3 years later, the beds were increased to 140. By October 2024, the bed capacity was at 493. In 1977, a special home for chronic psychiatric patients was built with a capacity of 12 beds. As the patients increased, Ndera Hospital established two branches; CARAES Butare in Huye District, Southern Province in 1976 and Icyizere Psychotherapeutic Centre, in Kicukiro District, City of Kigali in 2003. The hospital established CARAES Butare in 1978 to decentralize its services, and 25 years later, they opened a particular branch, Icyizere Psychotherapeutic Center, with bid to take care of people with addiction issues, and to particularly treat trauma, which was a big issue among the population just nine years after Genocide against the Tutsi.

Overview The hospital is owned by the Congregation of the Brothers of Charity in partnership with the Government Rwanda. The Rwandan Government supports the hospital by providing human resources and administrative support, while the Brothers of Charity oversee its daily management.

Becoming a teaching hospital On April 9, 2022, the Cabinet of Rwanda approved the Prime Minister's instructions determining organizational structure of Ndera Hospital, upgrading the facility to a University Teaching Hospital Level, also on the same day, nine other hospitals were upgraded to the Level Two Teaching Hospital, to increase workforce in the health sector. The new organizational structure was published in the Official Gazette of 11 August 2022.

Statistics In October 2024, the hospital announced that 101,811 patients were received in the year 2023–2024, which is 6.3% per cent increase compared to previous year. Number of cases related to depression was 4,626. The most prevalent pathology in psychiatry department at the hospital is schizophrenia, while the predominant pathology in neurology department is epilepsy.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Ndera Hospital

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Ndera Hospital claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Ndera Hospital before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Ndera Hospital ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Ndera Hospital

In research: Ndera Hospital appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Ndera Hospital in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Ndera Hospital is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1968 establishments in Rwanda, Brothers of Charity, Gasabo District, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Ndera Hospital outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Ndera Hospital in 20 minutes

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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