Construction works at the new University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) site in Masaka, Kicukiro District began in January, and are progressing. It is anticipated that construction will be completed in 2025.

On completion, the new CHUK hospital will have 837 beds and a capacity of receiving 2,000 patients per day, making it the largest hospital in Rwanda.

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The old CHUK hospital, located in the centre of Kigali City, has a capacity of around 400 beds. The decision to relocate CHUK was announced in 2018.

The new CHUK will be a referral and teaching hospital.

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A bigger part of CHUK will also have more services that were unavailable at the old facility.

In addition to inpatient, outpatient, emergency, pediatric, and infectious diseases departments, the new services will include an air compressor room, an oxygen generator station, a radiology department, a blood bank and laboratory department, central sterile supply department.

With more than 10 building blocks, the new facility will be built on 8.2 hectares.