Butezi Hospital

A 1994 description of the eastern regions of Burundi described the hospital of Butezi as impressive because of its very modern equipment, and also praised the Butezi health center (CDS) for teaching trades such as brickmaking, carpentry and sewing.^[4]

A 2011 report stated that the health district served a population of 104,821.^[5] The hospital was not supplied with electricity on the day it was inspected.^[6] The Butezi health district did not have an ambulance, but did have a motorized vehicle for transfer of patients.^[7]

In December 2015 the OPEC Fund for International Development approved a grant to improve electricity services in four rural areas in Burundi, including Butezi through rehabilitation of micro and mini hydroelectric plants, photovoltaic reinforcement and grid upgrades. The hospital was among facilities that benefited from the project.^[8]