The Buhiga Hospital (French: Hôpital de Buhiga) is a hospital in Karusi Province, Burundi.
| Buhiga Hospital | |
|---|---|
  Location within Burundi | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Buhiga, Karusi Province, Burundi |
| Coordinates | 3°02′00″S 30°09′30″E / 3.03347°S 30.15834°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Burundi |
Location
editThe Buhiga Hospital is a hospital in the town of Buhiga, in the center of the Buhiga Health District. It is one of two hospitals in the district, the other being the Natwe Turashoboye Hospital.[1] It is a district hospital serving a population of 270,296 as of 2014.[2]
Events
editKaruzi is one of the poorest provinces in Burundi. Most of the inhabitant travel only by bicycle or motorbike. Patients who could not afford to rent a motorbike might decide to stay at home, endangering their life. In June 2022 it was reported that a modern ambulance had been donated to the hospital by "Twiteho Amagara".[3]
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editSources
edit- Carte Sanitaire du Burundi (PDF), Burundi Ministry of Public Health, 2016, retrieved 2024-06-21
- Financement base sur la performance HD Buhiga (in French), Ministere de la Sante Publique et de la Lutte Contre le Sida, retrieved 2024-07-09
- "Province Karuzi : la fin de l'ère des bicyclettes grâce au don d'ambulance" (PDF), Resilience Magazine (in French), June 2022, retrieved 2024-08-09