The Musema District Hospital (French: Hôpital de District de Musema) is a hospital in Kayanza Province, Burundi.

Musema Hospital
Musema Hospital is located in Burundi
Musema Hospital
Location within Burundi
Geography
LocationMusema, Kayanza Province, Burundi
Coordinates3°04′35″S 29°40′19″E / 3.07638°S 29.67203°E / -3.07638; 29.67203
Organisation
Care systemPublic
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Location

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The Musema Hospital is in the north of Musema, just east of the RP51 highway.[1]

The hospital is the district hospital for the Musema Health District, which serves the south of Kayanza Province.[2] It is a public hospital serving a population of 207,064 as of 2014.[3] The only other hospitals in the province are the Gahombo Hospital, serving the Gahombo Health District and the Kayanza Hospital serving the Kayanza Health District.[2]

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As of 2014, Musema Hospital had only three doctors.[4] An ambulance was provided to the hospital in 2015.[5] In 2015, the hospital was rated at 45% on administrative and logistic quality. This compared to 72% for the Bururi Hospital and 27% for the Bubanza Hospital.[6]

In September 2022, the medical director of the hospital and two other employees were jailed on charges of embezzlement of hospital funds.[7]

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