Visit to the Bujumbura “ Prince Charles “ Hospital

We then went to visit the government hospital "Prince Charles" of Bujumbura, meeting with doctors and patients.

There is no comment to express in order to explain the condition of medical equipment, operating wards etc The medical equipment  available to the operators are almost non-existent and those few that existed had  serious need of maintenance which is  not available.

A first intervention of  the 'Ecumenical Order, having learned that patient care  in Burundi is delivered only if the patient has health card , what in fact excludes the poorest,  thus the Ecumenical Order has  donated  1500 cards of which 1000 for the poor and  500 to the orphans . It is foreseen that a supplement 3500 cards will be purchased at a later date.

At the same time the Ecumenical Order  has commited itself for the additional health cards,but also to find some of the medical equipment needed and  other necessacities needed at the Hospital  such as more operating tools to fight diseases, in particular  taking into consideration  the  rise of AIDS.