Buhiga Hospital

Buhiga Hospital
Buhiga Hospital
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

The Buhiga Hospital (French: Hôpital de Buhiga) is a hospital in Karusi Province, Burundi.

Location

The Buhiga Hospital is a hospital in the city of Karusi, 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

Karuzi 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]

Notes

References

^ Carte Sanitaire du Burundi.
^ Financement base sur la performance.
^ Province Karuzi : la fin de l’ère des bicyclettes.

Sources

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

[FOOTNOTECarte_Sanitaire_du_Burundi-1] Carte Sanitaire du Burundi.

[FOOTNOTEFinancement_base_sur_la_performance-2] Financement base sur la performance.

[FOOTNOTEProvince_Karuzi_:_la_fin_de_l’ère_des_bicyclettes-3] Province Karuzi : la fin de l’ère des bicyclettes.

[1]

[2]

[3]