Foreword
The department of Biomedical Laboratory sciences was introduced in 1998 just two years after the opening of Kigali Health Institute. It is a part of medicine that specializes in the diagnostic (test) procedure that ultimately confirms or rejects the negativity (absence) or positivity (presence) of infection in a patient.
In fact no medical profession is better positioned than the laboratory professions to be central to the effort to improve patient safety, since standardized processes are what we are all about, and the laboratory collects and has the ability to analyze the vast majority of information about the patient. The laboratory in effect, possesses the data on which evidence-based medicine is based.
Laboratory professionals are potentially equipped with the ability to teach the rest of the medical professions on how to standardize the approach to the patient and to systematize the care process. Laboratory professionals more than most providers in health care, understand from experience how to work in teams. Health care continues to evolve in to a team endeavor, and it is the coordination of that team that will do most to improve the care of the patient.
We are primarily devoting our professional energies towards delivering high quality pathology and laboratory medicine.
Vision
To be a center of excellence in training and development of quality biomedical professionals.
Mission
To offer unique and quality training in biomedical science for prompt, reliable and affordable laboratory test results for effective patient care and treatment.
Students along with supervisors in clinical placements
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Students in practice |
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What our students say
״Joining KHI and particularly the BLS department gave me the opportunity to explore my talents. With friendly professors and tutors, I have learnt a lot in a short time. The campus is just a few minutes drive from the city center with excellent medical labs where students can practice. I don’t think any one can regret joining the department for a Bachelors degree ״
Eric Rutayisire
Student
BSc, Biomedical sciences
