Gisenyi District Hospital is located in the Western Province, Rubavu District, Gisenyi Sector few meters from Kivu Lake. It is situated in a touristic town of Gisenyi bordering DRC. The hospital has twenty blocks and attends a population of over 489,398 persons speeded  over 13 Health Centers in 12 sectors of the district and serves also some areas of Rutsiro, Nyabihu Districts and Goma town/Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Gisenyi District Hospital started working during the colonial era in 1930 as a health post in Gisenyi. It was engaged in promoting preventive and curative services at a primary level. With population growth, it was necessary to improve the infrastructure and services arrival of a Belgian surgeon called DEWILDE around the year 1950, Gisenyi health post became Gisenyi Hospital.