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St. John of God Batibo, Douala and Nguti North West, Littoraland South WestRegions of Cameroon.

P.O. Box 23, batibocamsap@gmail.com, Cell: 650536621

FROM THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR’S DESK

Dear Friends,

I wish thank God for you in the just ended

year 2016; a year which has been very re-

markable in our hospitaller experiences

out here. We realised most of our planned

activities thanks to your continuous sup-

port. I can assure you that we were able to

reach out to so many people especially in

the villages thanks to your financial and

material support. Though the year ended

with socio-political uncertainty looming in

some regions where our services are lo-

cated, hopeful peace awaits. As a result

communication with internet in the regions

is temporally suspended to date.

It is yet another new year in our St John of

God health services. We began the year

with the demise of Bro Albert Fominyen

Muna whose sad event occurred on 1st

January 2017. He was laid to rest in Batibo

on 12th January, 2017 during a solemn

requiem mass celebrated at St Sebastian

Parish by the Vicar General of Bamenda

archdiocese in the presence of our Provin-

cial Superior Bro Bartholomew Kamara,

priests, religious and lay faithful.

The people of Efah village rejoiced with the visit

of the Provincial. The visit coincided with the

evaluation meeting with the Efah village commu-

nity on the construction of a 20 cubic meter water

tank sponsored by Mr John Mitchel from Ireland.

The St John of God hospital in Batibo hosted a

coordination meeting comprising of all Chief of

Centres drawn from St John of God outreach clin-

ics within(Koana, Efah, Mbengok, Elum and

Ashong).

OUTREACH CLINICS

ST JOHN OF GOD COORDINATION MEETING

On the 28th January, 2017, the Management of St

John of God Hospital in Batibo held a meeting

with the various Chief of Posts and executive

members of the different health management

committee. These outreach clinics include Koana,

Efah, Elum, Mbengok and Ashong. The executive

of the Health Management Committee is drawn

from various quarters and villages in and out of

the outreach post.

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Bro. Linus Tangu

Regional Director

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There were eighteen (18) participants in attend-

ance and the participation was very encouraging

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the

annual plan and to educate on the philosophy of

St John of God health system in the region. It

was very interactive. Participants pledged to edu-

cate their quarters on the importance of making

use of the health facility in their locality.

EFAH VILLAGE WATER TANK CONSTRUC-

TION

Water is life. The people of Efah village are

proud of Mr John Mitchel for sponsoring the con-

struction of a 20 cubic metre water tank and fil-

tration chambers costing over 6500 euros in their

village. This project was initiated by Mr John

Mitchel during his last visit to inaugurate a prima-

ry school complex in March 2016 at Koano vil-

lage in Upper Bayang. On the 13th January, 2017

the Provincial Superior participated in an inaugu-

ral meeting at Efah.

To pledge their support of the project, the villag-

ers have mobilised to transport materials to the

sight covering a distance of close to 3km. When

completed, it will boost the volume of water sup-

ply to the villagers and the St John of God Health

Post in Efah.

PERFORMANCE AT ST JOHN OF GOD HEALTH

SERVICES FOR 2016

The year 2016 was very busy within our health

services making us to treat a total of fifteen thou-

sand seventeen (15,017) patients at the outpatient

units. Below is a vivid presentation of our health

activities during the period.

Some Participants at the meeting

Sign board being presented by Mr Charles Tegum(left) -

Chairman of Water Committee of Efah Village

Provincial Superior, Chief and Elders during a courtesy visit to

the palace of Efah village

Executive of Ashong village Health Committee

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Br Jesus Gonsalez loves children and will always

like to explain to them many things in pidgin. He

cares especially for the cripple and the lame and

teaches them in the android generation. Bro Je-

sus accompanies the outreach team almost every

week to the villages in search of the many aban-

doned handicap children.

Usually, we discover some of these children hid-

den in homes especially where parents cannot

just afford to bring them to hospital for corrective

BATIBO Outreach BATIBO BOKO YASSA TOTALS

OPD cases 3,549 1,298 6,333 3,838 15,017

Admissions 1,176 175 361 502 2,214

Discharges 980 175 322 476 1,953

Lab Investiga-tions

11,527 782 11,208 8,649 32,166

Minor/ Major Surgeries

273 4 - 66 343

scan cases 501 - 270 86 857

X-Ray cases 516 - 28 - 544

Number of Deaths

22 - - 3 25

Physiotherapy 18 - 113 452 583

Wound dressing 495 105 - 755 1,355

Vaccination 1,699 286 848 2,833

New ANC 159 9 97 265

Old ANC 284 25 254 252 815

Normal Deliver-ies

130 17 86 96 329

C/S 36 - - 6 42

Dentistry 83 5 - 3 91

Number of bed 85 21 15 14 135

WARD ROUNDS IN YASSA

In all our St John of God health services in

Cameroon, there is always the presence of a

doctor in the facility throughout the week.

There is a Doctor on call over the weekend.

This gives much guarantee to all our patients.

Ward rounds are conducted every day in the

facility making a great difference between our

facility and the others. Here below Doctor

Landry Vougue and nurses make rounds in

Yassa health facility.

Doctor and Nurses on ward rounds at St John of God health

centre in Yassa

Bro Jesus Gonsalez and a little kid

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measures. It is just sad to see many children that

cannot be helped due to lack of proper infor-

mation and resources. The Lilian Funds have

limited funds to contain all the cases that we

keep discovering in the villages. Brother Jesus

Gonsalez and his friends in Spain are helping

also but more help is needed.

The voice of Jesus keep calling, ‘Let the little

children come to me’ for inclusive care such as

medical care, feeding, enabling environment, ed-

ucation and rehabilitation. The great question is:

How do we manage all these needs with our lim-

ited resources? I know someone is out there

looking for one child to assist and give meaning

to his/her life.

FUNERAL OF LATE BROTHER ALBERT FOM-

INYEN MUNA

The sad event of the death of Bro Albert Muna

occurred on 1st January, 2017 at the Mary Sole-

dad Hospital in Mankon town – Bamenda. On

the 12th January, 2017, Brothers, family, friends

and well-wishers converged at the St Sebastian

Catholic Parish to bid last farewell to late Bro Al-

bert Muna. The Father Provincial and his Secre-

tary from Ghana were in attendance. The requi-

em mass was celebrated by the Vicar General of

the Archdiocese of Bamenda as Chief Celebrant

and many priests and deacons from the Archdio-

cese of Bamenda and Mamfe.

In attendance were religious men and women,

lay faithful, CWA and many friends from far and

near. After the mass, he was laid to rest at the

Brothers community residence in Batibo. May his

soul rest in peace.

Mortal remains of Bro Albert Muna received in

procession at the entrance of the Parish Church