Lemera Hospital

Lemera Hospital
The Lemera Hospital, Lemera, June 2014
Geography
LocationLemera, Bafuliiru Chiefdom, Uvira Territory, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Organisation
FundingNonprofit
TypeTertiary
Religious affiliationCommunauté des Églises de Pentecôte en Afrique Centrale
Services
Emergency departmentYes
History
Construction started1971 (1971)
Links
ListsHospitals in Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Lemera Hospital (French: Hôpital de Lemera), officially Hôpital Général de Référence de Lemera ("Lemera General Reference Hospital"), is the premier general referral hospital in Lemera, the administrative center of the Bafuliiru Chiefdom in Uvira Territory, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It situated 87 kilometers from Uvira, 100 kilometers from Bukavu, and 27 kilometers from the Bukavu-Uvira axis at Bwegera.

Operated under the Department of Medical Works of the Community of Pentecostal Churches in Central Africa (Communauté des Églises de Pentecôte en Afrique Centrale, CEPAC), Lemera Hospital integrates healthcare services with a mission of evangelical outreach. However, the hospital is infamous for the Lemera massacre when the hospital was attacked during the First Congo War by the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL). It was reconstructed with international aid.