INTRODUCTION

The history of The Methodist Church Ghana Health Services started back in the Nineteen Fifties (1950).

VISION

The Church is committed to provide medical excellence throughout the Connexion at all its health facilities through Community development programmes, impacting community health such as Primary Health Care Outreach, Nutrition and Health Education and Rehabilitation Centre, Agriculture development, literacy and other related programmes, designed to empower people’s lives by God’ gift of healing and wholeness.

In carrying out its Mission the Methodist Church Health Services work in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health and with other agencies engaged in Healthcare as well as with our foreign Partners within the Policy Framework of the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ghana Health Services (GHS).

The Connexion has 2 hospitals i.e.

• The Wenchi Methodist Hospital
• The Ankaase Methodist Faith Healing Hospital

and 2 Clinics

• Lake Bosomtwi Clinic
• Lawra Nutrition and Rehabilitation Centre.

The Wenchi Methodist Hospital is situated in the Wenchi District in the Brong Ahafo region and also the Administrative capital of the District and has a total bedding capacity of 90. It was founded by the Wenchi Community and handed over to the Methodist Church in 1951 through the instrumentality of the then Irish Methodist Superintendent Minister.

The hospital provides General Service i.e medical, surgical, preventive and outreach services. It serves as a referral centre for 23 health facilities within the District and also refers cases for further management to the Regional Hospital .

The hospital is manned by Specialists, General Doctors, Nurses & Paramedicals.

Volunteers come from overseas yearly to give free service to enable the hospital raise money for development.

Dr. Miller a Urologist comes yearly with his team of other professionals e.g. Electrical Engineers, researchers, teachers, etc to render their services free of charge in the hospital.

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ANKAASE METHODIST FAITH HEALING HOSPITAL

KWABERE DISTRICT , ASHANTI

This project started as a small clinic by one Mr. J.K. Manu a member of the church and the community, and was later handed over to the Church.

The clinic was adopted by the Mission Society of the United Methodist Church in U.S.A. who entered into partnership with the Methodist Church Ghana.

Through the untiring effort of the Mission Society (USA) the clinic saw a lot of expansions and structural works and grew into a 60 bed hospital rendering all medical services. It is manned by Doctors, nurses and other paramedicals.

Literacy Programme

Progress

After three years many of the students are now capable of reading the Bible in their mother tongue.

LAKE BOSOMTWI CLINIC (Amakom Ashanti )

This clinic was started by Methodist Missionaries who later transferred it to the Methodist Church . Apart from giving Medical Services in the Amakom area it also serves 24 villages surrounding Lake Bosomtwi , in the Ashanti Region. The clinic has a boat that transport patients from the other side of the Lake about 15 miles (30 minutes by boat) to the clinic and back.

The clinic handles general cases and midwifery.

The Church has a vision to equip the clinic to expand its services to cover tourists who visit the Lake District .

The hospital is manned by a visiting doctor, permanent nursing staff and other paramedicals.

LAWRA NUTRITION & REHABILITATION PROJECT

The Lawra township is situated in the Upper West Region. Farming is the main source of income for the inhabitants, which is not very good due to drought and other environmental factors.

In 1970 The Methodist Church Ghana out of compassion extended help to the people of the area, whose children were suffering and dying through preventable diseases like Malnutrition, Marasmus, Anaemia, and the six childhood killer diseases e.g. Polio, Tetanus, Measles, Diarrhea, etc.

The Centre was established solely to cater for malnourished children and orphans because of high death rate in the area at that time. Causes of malnutrition were identified to be inadequate food in the homes of the clients due to poor crop yield.

Children are admitted with their mothers for a month or until the child gets better. The Centre is also a referral point for nearby hospitals and clinics. Also children from nearby countries e.g. Burkina Faso who share border with northern Ghana , are also cared for at the Centre.

The clinic now has HIV/AIDS Wards for cases referred from the Ministry of Health (MOH) and other health facilities to cater for them at the Orphanage. Orphans and abandoned children are also referred to the clinic.

The Church appealed to our foreign partners in Ireland , Irish Methodist Relief Committee (WRDC) for help. The appeal was answered and a small orphanage is being constructed for that purpose.

RURAL DIOCESAN CLINICS

There are 18 Diocesan Rural Clinics.

All these clinics are manned by Medical Assistants, Staff Nurse/Midwives and Ward Aids.