FOUNDATION OF THE SOCIETY OF ULTRASOUND IN RWANDA (SUR)

It was Wednesday 15^th December, 2010 when the society of ultrasound in Rwanda was founded. This started with the presentation made by Dr Rudakemwa Emmanuel during an international workshop on ultrasound in Kigali with direct supervision of MASU and WFUMB representatives.

Topic: RWANDA SOCIETY OF ULTRASOUND CONCEPT PRESENTATION

The session came up with the following resolutions.

1.       Delegates unanimously passed a motion to form the Rwanda society of ultrasound which will be affiliate member to the Mediterranean and African society of ultrasound the motion moved by Mr. Remy Wilson and seconded by Dr Emmanuel Rudakemwa and after Mr Saidi Kayiranga.

2.       The elected team shall work on constitution and other aspects of society formation before the June 15 2011.

3.       Elections were conducted through name mentioning nominations followed by voting by show of hands and the following individuals were elected for these respective offices.

President

Dr RUDAKEMWA Emmanuel - Radiologist - king Faisal hospital

Vice president

Mr. Jean baptiste NDAHIRIWE- Lecturer at KHI

Tresuarer

Mrs. Mecthilde MUKAGENDO- Lecturer at KHI

Secretary

Mr.  Remy Wilson BANA- Clinical Instructor at KHI

Committee members

Mr. Patrick MUIGA- Ag HOD MIS/KHI

Mr. said KAYIRANGA- Sonographer- king Faisal Hospital

Miss theonille MUKABAGORORA-Radiographer- CHUB

Mrs. Olive bazirete. Midwife- skills lab KHI

Dr gakwavu andre-CHUB
Dr nzamu roger- Hopital la Croix du sud

Remy Wilson

SUR secretary

WELCOME TO SUR BLOG

Dear readers,

I take this opportunity to welcome our readers to visit SUR blog which we believe will offer an invaluable source of information on what SUR is all about.

The purpose of this blog is among others, to inform on a regular basis, the public on what the society's mandate is, its programs and what it intends to fulfill, as part of its mission in the over all realization of our nations development agenda.

Society of Ultrasound in Rwanda (SUR) is expected to play a pivotal role in the area of capacity building and Ultrasound promotion, it will greatly contribute to our country's vision 2020, in which the role of establishment of standards, follow up of the meet of those standards, continuous registration of members and assure their continuous training will be a major component, thus the development of ultrasound career and health promotion in general.

We will be pleased to receive comments from our esteemed readers which we hope will help us improve on further dissemination of information as we all strive to the rebuilding of our nation fit for our current and future generations.

I once again welcome you all to the SUR blog and I hope you will find it a useful tool of information

REMY WILSON BANA
SUR Secretary