Projects
December 4, 2023 Congo – Better Health Care in Baptist Hospitals
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[world map] Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo push-pin Democratic Republic of the Congo
Health and Wellness Health and Wellness
• Democratic Republic of the Congo • Health and Wellness
GoalThe goal of this project is to improve the quality of health care provided by the growing network of Baptist hospitals in Congo.
SummaryThis project seeks to raise $94,118 annually to improve and expand the quality of medical care in Baptist mission hospitals.
DescriptionThis project will provide the means to respond to opportunities in the care and healing of body, soul and spirit of more than 100,000 mostly rural and poor Congolese patients/year. Two historic CBCO health centers (built in their day using mostly mission dollars through missionary specifics) now function as hospitals, because generous gifts to this project enabled us to construct new buildings beside the well reputed health centers. The network of Baptist mission hospitals is known for its reputation for extending welcome to all patients, providing excellent medical, surgical and holistic care where patients return home healed – even as fees for services are lower than average for Congo, with its rampant corruption and significant financial disparities. It takes essential infrastructure (a maternity, operating room, running water, and solar energy) and well-trained medical professionals to maintain hospitals, to grow health centers into hospitals, and to better serve growing populations. Donations to this project continue to facilitate the purchase of new, much needed hospital equipment: eco-friendly wood-burning autoclaves, ultrasound machines, aspirators, spot lights, electric scalpels, solar energy for lighting, operating tables and delivery beds, solar powered microscopes, baby scales; all necessary for physicians to function at the level of their competency, all beyond the reach of hospital budgets. The project total cost is $282,352.94 over 3 years, or $94,118 per year.
Suggested GiftsA gift of $1,000 will provide lighting for the operating room in one hospital (solar), 8 metal hospital beds, 50 hospital sheets, a 2000-gallon water reservoir A gift of $3,000 will provide ECG machine and energy source/ ultrasound machine and energy source, delivery bed or adjustable operating table. A gift of $5,000 will buy - One ultrasound “kit” (machine, high frequency probe, accessories), Blood chemistry lab equipment and the technical training, the equipment and accessories needed for a 5 KVA solar energy system (enough to provide the energy needs of the hospital laboratory/blood bank) A generous gift of $10,000 will provide a Solar refrigerator “kit”, a slit lamp (for ophthalmological examinations), half of a digital xray machine, a 10 KVA solar energy system.
Prayer RequestsPray that as CBCO grows rural health centers into hospitals, that there will be adequately trained personnel and up to date medical equipment. Thank God for the growing number of doctors and nurses trained at Vanga hospital. Pray that as traditional mission hospitals are refreshed with the acquisition of basic medical equipment, it will mean patients in Kwily, Kwango, Congo Centrale and Kinshasa will get medical/surgical care closer to home.
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