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Hologic Donation is Improving
the Lives of Women in Rwanda
Last year, we told you about Hologic’s donation
of a THS® tower-free hysteroscopy to Hologic
customer Dr. Scott Eder, and the International
Organization for Women and Development
(IOWD), who are working to improve access
to gynecological care in Rwanda. Thanks to
Hologic’s donation, Dr. Eder and his colleague
Dr. Ramses Ramazani, OBGYN specialist at
Muhima District Hospital in the capital city of
Kigali, are providing women with minimally
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invasive treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding
(AUB). Previously, the only option for women in
Rwanda with AUB was a hysterectomy; and,
those women who could afford the surgery
paid a high price in terms of the social stigma.
Dr. Ramses recently reached out to tell us about
the impact the Hologic system is having on the
women in Rwanda, as well as on the physicians
who now can treat women with minimally
invasive procedures. Dr. Ramses was scheduled
to perform an abdominal hysterectomy on a
40-year old patient who had been suffering from
heavy menstrual bleeding for many years. During
the pre-operative evaluation, Dr. Ramses and
his IOWD colleague Dr. Moise Mamouzette
discovered a sub mucus fibroid, which thanks
to the Hologic hysteroscopy equipment, could
be treated without surgery.