Table 5. Basic Infrastructure Capacity of Selected DRC District Hospitals.
Equipment/Supplies | Abuzi | Bwamanda | Demba | Goma | Kabare | Kinkanda | Kirotshe | Lubumbashi | Mulongo | Panzi | Wapinda | Yakoma |
Catchment area | 80,000 | 200,000 | 252,000 | 100,000 | 155,000 | 165,000 | 280,000 | 200,000 | 100,000 | 150,000 | 70,000 | 100,000 |
No. of beds | 65 | 242 | 65 | 245 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 200 | 150 | 350 | 90 | 65 |
No. of admissions/year | 850 | 5,000 | 1,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 4,000 | 5,000 | 4,032 | 3,500 | 5,000 | 600 | 1,500 |
No. of surgical cases/year | 250 | 3,500 | 600 | 1,000 | 1,500 | 850 | 850 | 2,345 | 850 | 3,500 | 150 | 250 |
No. of operating rooms | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Running water, frequency of availability | X | O | X | ✓ | O | ✓ | O | O | O | ✓ | X | X |
Electricity, frequency of availability | O | ✓ | O | ✓ | O | ✓ | ✓ | O | X | ✓ | X | O |
Abbreviations: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; ✓, Always; X, Never; O, Sometimes.