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Butaro Hospital

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The Butaro Hospital is a hospital in Burera District, in the Northern Province of Rwanda. The hospital serves as the district hospital for Burera District and surrounding communities. There are 256 beds. There is an emergency room, intensive care units, pediatric ward, surgical theaters and an IT room. It opened in 2011.

It has the Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence, the first cancer ward in rural East Africa and a outpatient centre for chemotherapy.[1]

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  1. Shen, Helen (2012). "A boost from Boston in Rwanda's cancer fight - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2023-12-17.