Emergency department Yes Founded 2011 | Address Butaro Sector, Rwanda Number of beds 150 | |
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Location Butaro sector, Burera district,
Northern Province, Rwanda Similar StFrancis Mutolere Hospital, Butaro Cancer Centre of, Virunga Lodge, INES, Shyira Hospital | ||
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The Butaro Hospital (Kinyarwanda: Ibitaro bya Butaro) is a hospital in the Butaro sector of Burera, Northern Province, Rwanda.The Butaro Hospital was designed by MASS in cooperation with the Rwandan Ministry of Health and Partners in Health. The construction of the 150-bed hospital begun on December 2008 and was opened on 24 January 2011. The hospital was formally opened by Rwandan President Paul Kagame and became the first hospital in Burera.
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Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence
In July 2012, Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence opened, offering the first cancer ward in rural East Africa. It was developed by Partners In Health, with support from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Rwandan government. The Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation contributed $1.5 million to its creation.
Butaro Ambulatory Cancer Center
In 2013, an outpatient facility was added to treat cancer patients who need regular IV chemotherapy, but who do not require hospitalization. Services include pathology-based diagnosis, chemotherapy, and surgery, referral for radiotherapy, socio-economic support, and long-term follow up.
Butaro Ambulatory Cancer Center was designed by MASS Design Group, built by Partners In Health, and funded by the Cummings Foundation, Inc. of Woburn, Massachusetts. Other partners include the government of Rwanda, Rwanda Biomedical Center, and Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center (Boston).