[1] It is a tertiary public hospital in the central health zone of Bujumbura Mairie Province, and serves a population of 157,846.

[2] The Prince Regent Charles of Belgium toured the region in 1947 and visited Usumbura in the colony of Ruanda-Urundi.

[3] The Prince initiated construction of a hospital that would be open to everyone in the Buyenzidans urban commune.

The physiotherapy building was converted to use for administration, the current emergency department was added, and in 2010 with help from Belgium there was a general expansion of the hospital.

[3] From 1978 to 1984 the hospital undertook training of students from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Burundi and other institutions.