The Saint Augustine District Hospital of Gihanga (French: Hôpital de District Saint Augustin de Gihanga) is a faith-based hospital in Bubanza Province, Burundi.
Location
The Gihanga Hospital is a hospital in the Commune of Gihanga, in the Mpanda Health District.
The other hospital in the district is the Mpanda Hospital.[1]
It is an approved district hospital serving a population of 110,661 as of 2014.[2]
It is operated by the Bene-Mukama nuns.[3]
Events
In October 2013 Iwacu reported that due to lack of fuel the ambulance had rarely been used for over four months.
Patients had to pay the driver to use it.[4]
In March 2016 Saint Augustin hospital in Gihanga had been without electricity for abour a month.
Surgical operations, laboratory tests and X-rays could not be provided.
REGIDESO had dismantled a transformer close to the hospital, and said it was being repaired.[5]
In September 2021 COVID-19 patients were sharing rooms with other patients due to lack of space.
The few oxygen cylinders that were available were being shared by all patients.
Over ten employees of the hospital had already been infected by the coronovirus.[6]
In June 2022 the Bubanza health province was planning to add new Neonatology and the mother-child services in Gihanga Hospital, and also to teach health care staff how to explain the natural method of contraception to women.[7]
