BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTRE IS 50 REPORT BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM ISD, GAMBAGA
04/09/08
A nursing training school is to be established in the East Mamprusi district of the Northern region before the end of 2008. The school will train nurses for deployment to the Baptist Medical Centre, BMC at Nalerigu and other health facilities in the region.
This was disclosed by the DCE of the East Mamprusi district, Honourable Peter Baga Wuni in an address he delivered to launch the golden jubilee of the BMC at Nalerigu under the theme- “50 years of dedicated health service: demonstrating God’s love”.
Honourable Wuni noted that people all over the world including clients from Burkina Faso and Togo have benefited from the services of the BMC and commended the hospital for coming this far.
The DCE agreed that the hospital is confronted with many problems and said government has taken measures to address these problems. He said for instance, government has been posting nurses directly from the country’s nursing schools to the BMC to augment the staff strength of the hospital.
He said the health extension workers module of the national youth employment programme has placed some nursing assistants with the facility to complement the efforts of the nurses there.
Honourable Wuni disclosed that the district assembly has also taken charge of the utility bills of the BMC and has also been paying the salaries of some of the staff thereby reducing the financial burden on the facility.
The Medical Superintendent of the BMC Dr. Faile Junior III in a welcome address said the BMC was established by his late father Dr. George M. Faile Junior, a missionary in 1958 to cater for the spiritual and health needs of the people of Mamprugu.
Dr. Faile said the hospital has rendered a wide range of health services to humanity both within and outside Ghana. He said the BMC has a bed capacity of 136 and also operates a modern public health department. The BMC has a 70-bed TB village with the highest curative rate in the country.
The superintendent said even though the BMC is a Christian health organization, it has never discriminated against any client on the grounds of race, tribe or religion.
He said while the BMC celebrates 50 years of quality health service delivery, it looks into the next 50 years with the hope that it will receive the needed support from the community, NGOs and the government in it day to day duties.
The Chairman for the occasion, Mr. S.B Awari challenged government to contribute its quota to the efforts of the hospital by tarring the roads in the district especially those leading to the BMC so that in times of emergency victims and patients can be carried to the health facilities without stress.
Mr. Awari commended the community and the management of the BMC for cohabitating peacefully over the years saying that it is only in a peaceful environment that people can derive maximum benefits from the BMC.
Remarks : also published on www.ghana.gov.gh
A nursing training school is to be established in the East Mamprusi district of the Northern region before the end of 2008. The school will train nurses for deployment to the Baptist Medical Centre, BMC at Nalerigu and other health facilities in the region.
This was disclosed by the DCE of the East Mamprusi district, Honourable Peter Baga Wuni in an address he delivered to launch the golden jubilee of the BMC at Nalerigu under the theme- “50 years of dedicated health service: demonstrating God’s love”.
Honourable Wuni noted that people all over the world including clients from Burkina Faso and Togo have benefited from the services of the BMC and commended the hospital for coming this far.
The DCE agreed that the hospital is confronted with many problems and said government has taken measures to address these problems. He said for instance, government has been posting nurses directly from the country’s nursing schools to the BMC to augment the staff strength of the hospital.
He said the health extension workers module of the national youth employment programme has placed some nursing assistants with the facility to complement the efforts of the nurses there.
Honourable Wuni disclosed that the district assembly has also taken charge of the utility bills of the BMC and has also been paying the salaries of some of the staff thereby reducing the financial burden on the facility.
The Medical Superintendent of the BMC Dr. Faile Junior III in a welcome address said the BMC was established by his late father Dr. George M. Faile Junior, a missionary in 1958 to cater for the spiritual and health needs of the people of Mamprugu.
Dr. Faile said the hospital has rendered a wide range of health services to humanity both within and outside Ghana. He said the BMC has a bed capacity of 136 and also operates a modern public health department. The BMC has a 70-bed TB village with the highest curative rate in the country.
The superintendent said even though the BMC is a Christian health organization, it has never discriminated against any client on the grounds of race, tribe or religion.
He said while the BMC celebrates 50 years of quality health service delivery, it looks into the next 50 years with the hope that it will receive the needed support from the community, NGOs and the government in it day to day duties.
The Chairman for the occasion, Mr. S.B Awari challenged government to contribute its quota to the efforts of the hospital by tarring the roads in the district especially those leading to the BMC so that in times of emergency victims and patients can be carried to the health facilities without stress.
Mr. Awari commended the community and the management of the BMC for cohabitating peacefully over the years saying that it is only in a peaceful environment that people can derive maximum benefits from the BMC.
Remarks : also published on www.ghana.gov.gh
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