IHCF - Other Facilities

Palmer Memorial Hospital is located in Aqua Ibom State about an hour from Nigerian Christian Hospital. Dr. Lucian Palmer, a long-term missionary to Nigeria, originally established PMH as a clinic. Palmer Hospital primarily serves the surrounding Efic tribe and includes the following:

From 1986 to 1996, Palmer Memorial was operated as an out-patient Clinic. In 1996, after additional construction, it became a full service Hospital with twenty beds.

It is a very well equipped smaller hospital located on a fifteen-acre compound, complete with its own water supply, guesthouse, and residences for nurses and physicians . The Hospital is extremely important to the surrounding villages having little access to other medical care.

Palmer has the ability to do obstetrical cases and some surgeries, in addition to in-patient and outpatient care. The volume and acuity of patients is not as great as that of Nigerian Christian Hospital. This makes it a pleasant place to work and consequently very appealing to certain physicians.

The spiritual side of man is stressed at Palmer Hospital just as it is at NCH. The resulting balance of work at Palmer may be just what you are looking for. Plan to go and serve there - long-term or short-term. Take others with you. Please contact us for more information.

Ghana Clinics

The Church of Christ Mission Clinic in the Bomso district of Kumasi was opened in 1987. Our second clinic, located in the northern town of Yendi, was opened in 1996. Both are very nice, well-designed outpatient clinics.

The Kumasi Clinic shares a large campus in the city with Ghana Bible College and the large Bomso Church of Christ. The clinic operations include:

The Yendi clinic is a very unique situation in that it serves as a medical missions point in an overwhelmingly Muslim area. Some of its special attributes are:

Both clinics are quite busy and are staffed by nationals. Currently we also have an expatriate missionary nurse in Kumasi. The clinics are located on spacious compounds, complete with living quarters.

In addition to a strong patient care presence, another major goal of each clinic is to train Primary Health Care workers who will be able to promote health in their own villages. The fixed clinics also participate in village outreach programs consisting of mobile clinics and immunization programs.

A full-time evangelist works with each of the clinics. They spend time teaching the patients, as well as comforting those who are suffering. Each year hundreds of people are taught and many give themselves to the Lord. We have had many American missionaries working in these clinics through the years. They include doctors, nurses, business managers, and administrators. They have uniformly enjoyed serving in Kumasi and Yendi. The work is pleasant and the living conditions are good. There are usually some job openings, and we would love to hear from you.

Harper Clinic

New clinic NOW OPEN!

The Harper Christian Clinic is located in the village of Owutu, in Imo State Nigeria. This newly constructed clinic is named for the late Jeremy Harper, a young man from Fort Smith, Arkansas who was tragically killed. The Harper family is active in the West-Ark congregation in Fort Smith. Family and friends at the congregation decided to build this clinic in his memory. This clinic features: