Medical Projects

Remote medical clinic – Northern Ghana

In 2023 Drs Alistair and Margaret Robertson visited a medical facility in N. Ghana that is 2 hours away from any other medical services. The clinic offered maternity care, some surgery and medical in-patient care as well as outpatients. It was run by a young doctor who had worked with no break for the last 18 months. They were struggling because they did not have a ward for children, meaning that any ill children had to be admitted to the adult ward, where there were often patients sleeping on the floor. Thanks to a generous donation, we have been able to build a simple paediatric ward so that no patients have to sleep on the floor when they are ill.

Banfora Clinic

In 2021 we finished construction of a new clinic which will provide free health-care for the poorest people in the border town of Banfora. The clinic is now very busy with dozens of poor people coming every day for treatment which they would otherwise not be able to afford.   Their greatest need now is for a borehole to provide water.  The water supply of the town is very poor.  Often they go for hours or days without water, which makes running a medical centre very difficult. 

Ouagadougou Hospital

In 2018  Jacob’s Well partnered with a Christian clinic in Ouagadougou, the capital city, called  “The Source of Life”. This small clinic is endeavouring to offer free or heavily reduced healthcare for the poorest people of the city.  A few years ago, they started to build a larger hospital on adjacent land, but then ran out of funds, leaving just a vast empty concrete shell on 2 floors!  However Jacob’s Well has been able to raise £30,000 to fund the completion of a complete wing of this new building.  Electric cables have been installed, tiles for the floors and some walls have been fitted.  Next, the doors, windows and painting will take place before we send beds and equipment to enable them to open the hospital.  This new wing will house a fully equipped 30 bed mother and baby unit.  Currently,  women in labour deliver their babies in a small room in the clinic.  There are often 4 women at the same time delivering their babies on the concrete floor in a space that is too small for a double bed!  Once the new maternity wing is completed, we would like to be able to help the “Source of Life” gradually complete the rest of the hospital complex.  There is room for operating theatres, a surgical ward, radiology and other wards to house patients.  The current clinic has just 4  beds, which is completely inadequate for the huge number of people who make use of this invaluable service.