# Centre Médico-Chirurgical de Kinindo (CMCK)

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## TL;DR

A private hospital in Bujumbura whose cancer unit, opened in 2020, gives chemotherapy to adults and children. It has no radiotherapy, so patients who can afford it go to Rwanda or Kenya.

## Summary

The Centre Médico-Chirurgical de Kinindo is a private hospital in the south of Bujumbura. Its cancer unit began work in June 2020 under the oncologist Dr Alexis Manirakiza; when the health minister and the WHO representative visited in April 2021 it had received 379 patients with 26 types of cancer, 137 still in treatment. WHO Africa reported in February 2023 that its oncology service had received 1,427 patients, 467 of them diagnosed with cancer (75 children); breast cancer was the commonest in adults (159 cases), and 62 per cent of those women arrived at stage 4. It offers chemotherapy with curative or palliative intent but no radiotherapy, and patients who can pay are referred to Rwanda or Kenya; a doctor there described it to WHO as the country's reference centre for cancer care while the government's planned cancer treatment centre is awaited. WHO's country office gave it a laminar flow hood in 2022. The coordinates are the OpenStreetMap point for the hospital.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: CMCK; Kinindo Medical and Surgical Centre
- City: Bujumbura, BI
- Type: hospital

## Sources

- WHO Africa: minister and WHO representative visit the CMCK cancer unit (April 2021): https://www.afro.who.int/node/14378
- WHO Africa: Pour combattre le cancer, il faut le dépister tôt (February 2023): https://www.afro.who.int/node/17240

## Connected records

- cancers: [Breast cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/)
- institutions: [Association Burundaise de Soins Palliatifs (ABSPA)](https://onco.cc/institutions/abspa-burundi/), [Kenyera](https://onco.cc/institutions/kenyera-burundi/), [World Health Organization Cancer Programme](https://onco.cc/institutions/who/)

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