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At Nyarugunga, Kanombe Sector, The New Times observed medical doctors were busy receiving and screening ex-combatants who will be categorized so that they are given special attention depending on their individual situation.
Retired Sergeant Odette Muhongayire, 55, who was demobilised in 1997, had come to be screened for the first time.
She said: "After screening, I hope to get more medical support. Even though I was not yet screened and put in any of the four categories, I was still getting medical support through mutuelle and RDRC coordinates everything for me. But I was advised to get screened so that they best know which category I belong to."
Muhongayire, who was a military nurse during, and after, the 1990-1994 liberation struggle is now retired. Her main health concerns, lately, she noted, are related to managing diabetes and hypertension. She regularly exercises and endeavours to eat well. But she also has to...