| Natwe Turashoboye Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Rumonge, Karusi Province, Burundi |
| Coordinates | 3°06′14″S30°09′26″E / 3.104°S 30.1572°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public |
| Links | |
| Website | hopitalkarusi |
| Lists | Hospitals in Burundi |
The Natwe Turashoboye Hospital or Fiftieth Anniversary Hospital [lower-alpha 1] ) is a hospital in Karusi Province, Burundi.
The Natwe Turashoboye Hospital is a hospital in the city of Karusi, in the south of the Buhiga Health District. It is one of two hospitals in the district, the other being the Buhiga Hospital. [1] It is a tertiary public hospital serving a population of 251,592 as of 2014. [2] It is a national hospital that serves as a precision diagnostic center using medical imaging devices and modern analysis laboratories. [3]
The Karusi Fiftieth Anniversary Hospital began providing services to the population of Karusi and the country in general in 2014. [4]
In June 2020 Pierre Nkurunziza, outgoing President of Burundi, died at the hospital following a cardiac arrest. He had been due to hand over to Evariste Ndayishimiye in August 2020. [5]
In August 2020 it was reported that the medical scanner at the hospital had been out of order for six months. Technicians from Uganda could repair it, but had been unable to travel due to Covid restrictions. The scanner is a key machine in attracting patients from across Burundi and from neighboring countries such as Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [6]
On 27 November 2020 Imelde Sabushimike, Minister of National Solidarity, visited the hospital with care packages for the sick. [7]
On 18 November 2021 Prosper Bazombanza, Vice-President of Burundi, and Thaddée Ndikumana, Minister of Public Health, offically inaugurated the Physiotherapy department at the hospital. [8]
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