Murore Hospital

On 16 December 2020 the Minister of Health, Thaddée Ndikumana, gave maternity and neonatal equipment worth $36,000 to Cankuzo Hospital and Murore Hospital during the launch of Mother Child Health Week.^[5]

On 23 February 2022 it was reported that the Murore Hospital had lacked water for a week, and cleaning was almost impossible. Some rainwater collected in tanks was available, but in small quantities and not enough for the patients' needs. The cause was a lightening strike on the pumps that supplied water from the Rusumo hydroelectric center. The managers of the hydroelectric center had promised that a replacement machine would arrive very soon.^[6]

The hospital lost power in February 2023 due to a transformer being struck by lightening. The generator that took over during the outage broke down. On 24 March 2023 it was reported that more than a month later some services were no longer functioning in the radiology, pediatrics and neonatology departments, including incubators and cesarean section instruments. The electricity company was planning to replace the transformer next week.^[7]

On 22 September 2023 it was reported that the hospital had been without electricity or water for six days. The electricity failure meant that the electric pump that supplied drinking water no longer worked. The maternity and minor surgery departments were the most affected. Cleaning was not possible. Patients had to go to nearby households to buy water.^[8]