Cheap and reliable hydroelectric supplies mean that the Gitega hospital can spend more money on medical equipment and hospital teams can focus on saving lives.
Burundi - Electricity From the Rusumo Falls Power Station, Built With Support From the Africa n Development Bank, Is Saving the Lives of Hospital Patients and Premature BabiesThe electricity supply from the 80 megawatt Rusumo hydroelectric power station, financed by the Africa n Development Bank Group , means that the Gitega hospital can now install an oxygen production unit that meets its own needs and supplies gas to other regional medical centres.
This problem has been overcome in recent months, thanks to stable and regular supply of electricity from the 80 megawatt Rusumo hydroelectric power station, whose output is shared between Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania. The electricity supply from Rusumo means that the Gitega hospital can now devote more resources to upgrading equipment and medical teams can focus on their primary mission of saving lives. The hospital has installed an oxygen production unit that meets its own needs and supplies gas to other regional medical centres. New incubators in the hospital's neonatal department are permanently connected to the oxygen generator, saving the lives of premature babies.
Ezéchiel Bagayuwitunze, who coordinates Burundi's share of the Rusumo project, described the overall impact the project is having for his country:"Previously, the town of Gitega and the surrounding districts suffered frequent and long power cuts and major drops in voltage, due to electricity shortages and low capacity of the existing transmission cables.
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