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Message from the
President and Board
January 17, 2012
Report to Baptist Medical Dental Fellowship Board
Baptist Medical Centre continues to
serve the people of Northern Ghana and surrounding countries,
through medical care and evangelism. New additions to the missionary
staff include:
- Bart and Jane Ann Gibbs, IMB
career missionaries-pastor and high school English teacher,
respectively
- Earl and Mona Hewitt, IMB
career missionaries-Family Practice physician and home school
teacher, respectively
- Joel and Hollie Dickens, long
term volunteer missionaries-OB/GYN surgeon and home school
teacher, respectively
The above folks all have children
living with them on the compound.
Ghanaian physicians Emmanuel and
Theresa Bidzakin, both trained in Ghana as general physicians,
joined the staff at BMC in October, 2011.
There are possibilities for several
other physicians to serve long term at BMC in the near future.
Over 100 volunteer workers continue to
augment the staff yearly; these are both practicing/retired
physicians and students.
Needs continue to be great at BMC;
there are always issues with payment of funds from the government,
as well as many patients who are unable to pay. The George Faile
Foundation continues to help support the hospital, mainly through
scholarships to 4th year students and residents, as well as stipends
to physicians who volunteer for a month or more. The GFF also
contributes equipment and assists in sending containers once or
twice yearly.
All of us associated with Baptist
Medical Centre ask that you pray for guidance in supporting this
institution as He wishes.
This is a note to us from one of the
student volunteers who received a
$1000 scholarship:
Dear Faile Foundation,
I have been meaning to write and thank
you for the scholarship which allowed me to have the amazing
experience of working at the BMC for a month in January. Not only
did my medical knowledge grow significantly, but the additional
benefits of this experience were numerous and some unforeseen. I
gained a clinical confidence for the first time in my medical
training, initiated by George and Rich's implied confidence in my
decisions, and strengthened by watching the effects of these
decisions (or lack of negative outcomes) play out. I learned more
about resource limitations, transportation, cultural challenges to
care, and the acceptance of our own mortality, than I was aware I
did not know. I was surrounded by a group of people who lived
Christianity and mercy and generosity in every moment of their day
and for the first time I saw this integrated into the practice of
medicine as well as the interactions with coworkers. Overall I guess
this is all to say that I really appreciated the scholarship which
made the difference in my decision to go to Nalerigu and experience
something that I see changing the direction of my medical career.
Thanks again, good luck in the future and I hope to be involved
again someday soon.
Sincerely,
Myrill Solaski
We wanted to highlight Amy Elrod, a
nurse practitioner who spent the last four months of 2009 at the
hospital.
Visit her blog! We also did a small piece about Amy in our
Winter 2010 newsletter
Operating for Christ.
On September 12, 2008, Foundation President
Paul Shumpert forwarded a report from Janie Hemphill, a
University of Missouri - Kansas City medical student. Ms.
Hemphill recently returned from a 5-week trip to the Baptist Medical
Centre in Nalerigu. Back in March, the Foundation sent Ms.
Hemphill some money to support her trip.
Read her report!
In August, 2008, Dr. Faile reported
the following and send the pictures below:
We have just finished putting
in the new floors and I thought you might like to see how
some of the areas turned out. We are very happy and think it
looks good. We certainly are grateful for the support from
the Foundation. I will be putting some pictures and a report
on our BMC blog when I get some time.
We are busy right now planning
the 50th anniversary celebration. One committee is working
on beautifying the grounds and have some good plans for
seeing that the outside of the hospital and the grounds look
nice.
Hallway along the wards at BMC
Hallway along the wards at BMC
On December 6, 2007, Dr. Faile, via Foundation President
Paul Shumpert, requested the following:
Please do not send any expired
or short dated drugs. Also, please be aware that we cannot
use donated gloves that are powder free as the heat ruins these.
We are asking for donations for barrels for shipping ($25 each)
and boxes of plastic liners ($30/box).
On September 26, 2007, Dr. Faile, via Foundation President
Paul Shumpert, reported the following:
Just wanted to let you know the
generator has arrived [at the Baptist Medical Centre in Nalerigu,
Ghana], been installed, and ran for an hour without problems.
Thanks to everyone who helped get
it here.

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