[2] It is a national hospital that serves as a precision diagnostic center using medical imaging devices and modern analysis laboratories.

[4] In June 2020 Pierre Nkurunziza, outgoing President of Burundi, died at the hospital following a cardiac arrest.

The scanner is a key machine in attracting patients from across Burundi and from neighboring countries such as Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[6] On 27 November 2020 Imelde Sabushimike, Minister of National Solidarity, visited the hospital with care packages for the sick.

[7] On 18 November 2021 Prosper Bazombanza, Vice-President of Burundi, and Thaddée Ndikumana, Minister of Public Health, officially inaugurated the Physiotherapy department at the hospital.