Kibimba Hospital
Kibimba Hospital is a faith-based private hospital in Kibimba town, in the northwest part of Gitega Province, Burundi. It serves about 62,000 people (2014). The hospital opened in 1952 by American missionaries. The Burundian Civil War disrupted its work, but in 2006 the missionaries returned and Dr. Elysée Nahimana became the manager, starting with six nurses. In May 2011 eight doctors from Stichting Interplast Holland visited to operate on deformities such as harelip and burn scars, with plans to return.
By 2012 the hospital had 198 beds and treated patients from remote areas like Makamba and Cankuzo who could not get surgery at home, many of whom were poor. In 2017 the hospital expanded its surgical department. By April 2019 it had 50 nurses and five doctors, including a specialist, along with a maternity block for 60 and a pediatric block. The operating and sterilization rooms were refurbished.
The hospital worked with the MPR Development program starting in 2017 to create a physiotherapy department. A building was converted and equipment installed between October 2019 and June 2020 at a cost of about 15,677 euros.
In March 2024, Burundi’s president visited the hospital, giving food aid to the poorest patients and inspecting plans for a three-storey extension to care for pregnant women and children under five.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 07:47 (CET).