Lemera Hospital

Lemera Hospital
The Lemera Hospital, Lemera, June 2014
Geography
LocationLemera, Uvira Territory, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Organisation
FundingNonprofit
TypeTertiary
Services
Emergency departmentYes
History
Construction started1921; 103 years ago (1921)
Links
ListsHospitals in Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Lemera Hospital (French: Hôpital de Lemera), colloquially known as Hopital Genera de Lemera or Hôpital Général de Référence de Lemera, is a medical institution located in Lemera, situated approximately 85 kilometers northwest of Uvira within the Uvira Territory of the South Kivu Province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1][2]

The hospital is infamous for the Lemera massacre when the facility was attacked and destroyed during the First Congo War by the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL). It was reconstructed with the international aid assistance.[3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ "RDC : Massacre de Lemera : rescapé, le Dr Denis Mukwege demande que les auteurs soient jugés". Debout RDC. 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  2. ^ "Bukavu : Dr Mukwege déplore les massacres de Maboya au Nord-Kivu". Radio Okapi (in French). 2022-10-24. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  3. ^ Kristine, Jean (August 9, 2021). La Piste des Congo: Témoignage fictionnel [The Congo Trail: Fictional testimony] (in French). Paris, France: Le Cri. ISBN 9782871067573. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  4. ^ "Attacks against other civilian populations - South Kivu". Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  5. ^ "27 ans de massacre de Lemera (Sud-Kivu) : Denis Mukwege crie " Justice " pour les victimes de ce crime". 7sur7.cd (in French). 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  6. ^ "Reportage Afrique - RDC: le douloureux souvenir du massacre de Lemera". RFI (in French). 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  7. ^ "Voulez-Vous Vraiment Faire Une Différence? : Rappeler au Président Kabila de Réhabiliter I'Hôpital de Lemera". Calaméo (in French). April 16, 2012. Retrieved 2023-05-17.