The Kinindo Medical and Surgical Center (French: Centre Medico-Chirurgical de Kinindo, CMCK) is a private hospital in Bujumbura, Burundi.
| Centre Medico-Chirurgical de Kinindo (CMCK) | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie Province, Burundi |
| Coordinates | 3°25′02″S 29°21′26″E / 3.41736°S 29.35732°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Burundi |
Location
editThe CMCK is in the suburb of Kinindo in the southern part of Bujumbura, on the west side of the RN3 highway. It is opposite the Petit Seminaire to the east.[1] The CMCK is in southern sanitary district of Kinindo.[2]
Services
editThe CMCK opened on 8 December 1999. It is a referral hospital.[2] It undertakes a wide range of surgical procedures. As of 2019 the CMCK Hospital was one of the best equipped in Burundi.[3]
The CMCK opened a cancer care center in June 2020, where it treats 26 types of cancer.[4] Dr Sylvie Nzeyimana, Minister of Public Health and the fight against AIDS, visiter the CMCK on 18 February 2022 during World Cancer Day. She praised the CMCK for taking care of cancer patients, including those with breast cancer and prostate cancer.[5]
References
editSources
edit- Burundi: a difficult mission, Royal European Academy of Doctors (RAED), 23 January 2019, retrieved 2024-07-09
- Cancer is one of the diseases that constitute a public health problem, ABP: Burundi News Agency, 22 February 2022, retrieved 2024-07-09
- Centre Medico-Chirurgical de Kinindo (CMCK), READ Health, retrieved 2024-07-09
- Visite du Ministre de la Santé Publique et du Représentant de l’OMS au centre de prise en charge des cancers du CMCK, WHO, 10 April 2021, retrieved 2024-07-09
- "Way: C.M.C.k (784411494)", OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2024-07-09