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Despite many challenges serving more people than ever.
During the past year, our clinics have faced unprecedented challenges in the form of kidnappings, terrorist violence, an extreme economic depression coupled with ruinous (25% +) inflation.
The result of all of these challenges is that our staff are greatly stressed. In two of our clinics, we have been forced to operate in daylight hours only. In one of our clinics, the village was ransacked by marauding gangs and the entire population had to flee for several months. We have had great difficulty retaining doctors in these areas as they are highly visible kidnapping targets. Consequently, some of our clinics are being run by nurses, supplemented by occasional doctor visits.
The poor are even less able than previous years to afford the minimal costs we charge for medical services and for the cost of their medicine. Our goal of economic self-sustainability for our clinics seems ever more elusive.
The result of all of these challenges is that our staff are greatly stressed. In two of our clinics, we have been forced to operate in daylight hours only. In one of our clinics, the village was ransacked by marauding gangs and the entire population had to flee for several months. We have had great difficulty retaining doctors in these areas as they are highly visible kidnapping targets. Consequently, some of our clinics are being run by nurses, supplemented by occasional doctor visits.
The poor are even less able than previous years to afford the minimal costs we charge for medical services and for the cost of their medicine. Our goal of economic self-sustainability for our clinics seems ever more elusive.
In 2023 we had a total impact of serving 28,531 patients. We served 8,626 patients at our eight full-time clinics, 2,702 at our clinic-based medical outreach missions, and 17,203 at our mobile clinics to rural and urban poor communities through our partnership with Cornerstone Health Foundation.
Our Latest Free Medical Outreach in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, August 2024
Welcome to Kateri Medical Services.
Who We Are and What We Do.
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Our Motivation: To continue the healing work of Jesus as a sign of God’s love for all people. |
“Heal the sick… and tell them the Kingdom of God has come near to you.” Luke 10:9 |
Our Methods:
1) Full-time clinics
Working in partnership with local diocese of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, we build and run nine full-time, year-round clinics in rural and urban locations.
2) Clinic-based medical outreach missions
We sponsor annual outreach missions at our clinics to provide free medical care and free medicine to all patients. We also recruit teams of surgeons to help or clinic staff provide a deeper level of care than is normally possible. These outreach missions typically serve 1,000 + people in a week.
3) Mobile Clinics to poor rural and urban communities
We partner with Cornerstone Health Foundation to conduct mobile clinics in host churches in rural and urban settings.
4) Developing Human Capital
We are investing in the education of Nigerian young people for future careers in medical professions. Currently, we are sponsoring one student preparing to be a doctor, one student to be an Nurse Mid-wife, one student to be a Nurse and five students to be Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWS).
1) Full-time clinics
Working in partnership with local diocese of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, we build and run nine full-time, year-round clinics in rural and urban locations.
2) Clinic-based medical outreach missions
We sponsor annual outreach missions at our clinics to provide free medical care and free medicine to all patients. We also recruit teams of surgeons to help or clinic staff provide a deeper level of care than is normally possible. These outreach missions typically serve 1,000 + people in a week.
3) Mobile Clinics to poor rural and urban communities
We partner with Cornerstone Health Foundation to conduct mobile clinics in host churches in rural and urban settings.
4) Developing Human Capital
We are investing in the education of Nigerian young people for future careers in medical professions. Currently, we are sponsoring one student preparing to be a doctor, one student to be an Nurse Mid-wife, one student to be a Nurse and five students to be Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWS).
