After many months of travel, consultation and diligent deliberation(not to mention a whole lot of praying)MC has signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding with the Bishop of the Sunyani Diocese in Ghana to begin the first phase of our orthopedic hospital and learning center project.
We will be building our facility on the grounds of the Holy Family Hospital and Nursing School in the village of Berekum, part of the Brong-Ahafo region. Our partners there include Bishop Matthew Gyamfi, spiritual leader of the vibrant Catholic Diocese of Sunyani, The Giving to Ghana Foundation and the hospital, nursing school complex.
The Holy Family Hospital, established in 1948, is one of the largest facilities of its kind in Ghana. With 150 inpatient beds, 5 operating rooms, a fully equipped Emergency Room and well trained staff, HFH offers MC the opportunity to develop our orthopedic hospital and educational facility on a large adjoining parcel of land in stages. The Nursing School, one of the best in all of Africa, has over 400 students with up-to-date living quarters and classroom facilities. Nurses and OR technicians will be trained in the latest orthopedic surgical techniques, in-patient care and rehabilitation services.
The first phase of our project will be the construction of a fully functional outpatient orthopedic clinic. This clinic will utilize the already existing on-site OR, ER and Xray services of the Holy Family facility . Over time, as financing and personnel permit, dedicated orthopedic operating rooms, patient wards and trauma ward services will be built.
Once the orthopedic services have reached an appropriate level of activity and Ghanaian orthopedic surgeons from the neighboring University Medical School in Kumasi, Ghana have been fully integrated, our learning center building will be added to create the largest hospital/educational center of its kind in all of Africa. Commencing the training of orthopedic residents, nurses, technicians and physical therapists and offering continuing education services to orthopedic care givers from across the African continent.
Over the next several months, Medicus Christi, " Giving to Ghana " and other partners including Faith communities, MC Europe and the Ghanaian Mission of Ghana to the United Nations will be ramping up fund raising efforts and sponsorship opportunities.
At this time, the UN Ambassador from Ghana and her staff are arranging for a banquet in our honor at the United Nations Building in New York City. This tentatively to take place on Friday, November 13th 2015. Please mark your calendar and save the date!
The many prayers and good wishes of hundreds if not thousands of supporters are coming to fruition. Medicus Christi is now on the verge of making a huge impact in the lives of those in need across the African region.
Our goal is bring the technology and build the human capacity for our brothers and sisters in Africa to partner with us as colleagues in the field of medicine in general and orthopedic surgery in particular. There is no shortage of need and no limit to what can be accomplished by caring people who strive to make a difference.
Join us!
Stayed tuned for more updates in the weeks ahead. Go to our website:www.medicuschristi.org for more information and progress reports.
Your friend in compassionate care,
Dr. Joe Marotta
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