MSF's trauma centre in Bujumbura (DO NOT USE YET)

In Bujumbura, MSF’s trauma centre includes 43 beds, an emergency room, two operating rooms and an intensive care unit. Its services are free and available to anyone who meets the admission criteria – which includes all those who have experienced a violent trauma.

Since the MSF centre opened in July, 630 wounded patients have obtained treatment; more than 390 of them required hospitalization.

MSF has been working in Burundi for more than 20 years and intensified its activities in Bujumbura when pre-electoral tensions began to mount in May. It supported three health posts located near the sites where demonstrations occurred and thus facilitated access to free care for nearly 120 patients hospitalized in public facilities. MSF also trained the medical staff at the Prince Rwagasore hospital in Bujumbura to treat trauma victims and donated medicine and medical supplies.

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