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.

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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 – present - Volunteer coordinator - $29,000/yr.

• Support of student and medical resident volunteers (2006-2023) - $167,000

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

• Nutrition Centre Support (2010-2023) – average of $5000/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 repairs - multiple- $8,500

  • Industrial washers x 2 - $31,200

  • Industrial washer repairs - multiple - $6,000

  • Suction machines - $210

  • Skin graft mesher - $720

  • Fetal dopplers x 2 - $305

  • Nebulizers - $115

  • Anesthesia machine repairs - multiple - $8,000

  • Lab microscope - $2,823

  • Hematocrit centrifuges - $1,000

  • Well & water pumps - $2,000

  • Pediatric beds x 20 - $3,500

  • Voltage regulators/surge protectors for numerous pieces of equipment - $7000

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

  • Motorcycle for mobile eye clinic - $2,800

  • Repairs to housing and new furniture for TB village - $7,000

  • New dental chair - $6,100

  • New chemistry analyzer for the lab - $12,000

  • 3 new electrical cautery units for the operating room - $12,600

  • 2 new anesthesia machines - $61,600 ($31,700 provided by the IMB - Southern Baptist Church)

  • New autoclave for operating room $28,000 ($12,000 provided by the IMB - Southern Baptist Church)

  • Misc. medical supplies such as suture, dressings, other OR supplies since 2009 - $15,000+

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

• Patient specialty care fund - $332,000 (2015-2023)

• 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