Panzi Hospital
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Panzi Hospital was founded in 1992 in Bukavu, the capital of the Sud-Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It specializes in handling victims of violence, the large majority having been sexually abused females. The rapists use this severe sexual abuse as a weapon of war, causing destruction to communities.
The hospital was initially built for 120 beds but the total number of beds are now 324. The average number of patients hospitalized per month is 410 persons.
[edit] External links
- Panzi Hospital of Bukavu
- PMU InterLife - a Swedish non-governmental organization
- S.A.F.E.R. (Social Aid For the Elimination of Rape) - a Canadian non-governmental organization
- Koinange, Jeff (2006-05-26), “Rape, brutality ignored to aid Congo peace”, CNN.com, <http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/23/koinange.rape.war/index.html>. Retrieved on 21 April 2008
- Gettleman, Jeffrey (2007-10-07), “Rape Epidemic Raises Trauma of Congo War”, The New York Times, <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/world/africa/07congo.html>. Retrieved on 21 April 2008
