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Completed Projects

Thanks to generous donors, the Foundation is able to take care of many pressing issues at the hospital.  Since 2009, we have averaged spending over $140,000 per year and nearly $2,000,000 total for BMC including operational support, personnel support, equipment purchases and repair, etc.

Here is a list of where your money has gone over the last several years:

 

  • 2009 - Support of physician volunteer for - $11,000

  • 2010 - Support of volunteer coordinator, 2 full time physicians, and several part time Ghanaian physicians for - $38,000

  • 2011 - Volunteer coordinator families and support for three physicians--$50,000

  • 2012 - Support for two physicians- $19,000

  • 2013 - Volunteer coordinator and support for two physicians - $56,000

  • 2014 - Volunteer coordinator and support for one physician - $57,000

  • 2015 - Volunteer coordinator and support for one physician - $27,000

  • 2016 - Volunteer coordinator and support for one physician - $48,000

  • 2017 - Volunteer coordinator and support for one physician - $75,000

  • 2018 - Volunteer coordinator and support for one physician - $75,000

  • 2019 - Volunteer coordinator and support for two physicians - $68,000

  • 2020 - Volunteer coordinator and support for one physician - $45,000

  • 2021 – Volunteer coordinator - $29,000

  • Support of student and medical resident volunteers (2006-2021) - $145,000

  • Volunteer trips and parts to repair broken equipment (2010-2018) - $14,850

  • Nutrition Centre Support (2010-2021) – average of $6000/year

  • Addition to pediatric ward - $20,000

  • Refurbishing physician staff houses - $50,000

  • Major hospital renovations including electrical rewiring, repainting, ceiling/lights, and reflooring - $144,000

  • Organizational & accounting consultation for BMC 2015 - $6,000

  • Container shipment 2017 - $6,100

  • Container + pallet of bandages 2018 - 2021 $12,000

  • Container shipment 2019 - $5,500

  • Equipment purchases and repairs (2009-2020):

    • Oxygen concentrators - $1,900

    • New generator - $51,400

    • Diesel generator transfer switch- $7,200

    • Generator repairs - $20,000

    • Sonosite Ultrasound machines x 4 - $35,000

    • Butterfly ultrasound + accessories - $4,000

    • Portable x-ray unit + repairs - $100,000

    • New portable x-ray unit - $93,000

    • Public health vehicle - $40,000

    • 3 Vehicles for physician staff and volunteers - $11,200

    • 5 laptop computers - $4,000

    • Autoclaves (2) and birthing beds (3) - $23,000

    • Neonatal incubators (3) - $10,900

    • OR lights (2) - $1,500

    • Surgical suction units (4) - $950

    • OR table x 2 - $2,400

    • Autoclave - $6,500

    • Industrial washers x 2 - $31,200

    • Industrial washer repairs - $3,500

    • Suction machines - $210

    • Skin graft mesher - $720

    • Fetal dopplers x 2 - $305

    • Nebulizers - $115

    • Refurbished anesthesia machines (donated)

    • Anesthesia machine repair - $6,000

    • Lab microscope - $2,823

    • Hematocrit centrifuges - $1,000

    • Well & water pumps - $2,000

    • Pediatric beds x 20 - $3,500

    • Electrical cautery unit for OR - $2,200

    • 3 Motorcycles for Public Health unit - $6,500

    • Benches for TB village - $130

    • Misc. medical supplies such as suture, dressings, other OR supplies since 2009 - $10,000+

  • Operational funding - about $24,000 per year from 2010-2018

  • Patient specialty care fund - $273,000 (2015-2021)

  • Informational support for those interested in serving at Baptist Medical Centre BMC

  • Paid for four years of medical school for a Ghanaian student who has now served as a staff physician and medical director at BMC for several years - $14,000
     

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