Gusau ClinicUnder Construction – Scheduled to Open October 2018
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History
Full official name of clinic is Graceland Hospital. The new clinic is being built on property adjacent to Graceland International School which is a Primary through Secondary school ( Grades 1 through 12 in American terminology) run by the Anglican Diocese of Gusau and sponsored by Africa Education Partnership. We hope that there will be an integration of the school and the hospital. A very high percentage of students at the school aspire to be doctors, nurses, pharmacists and lab scientists. We hope to integrate the school’s education mission with the hospital’s healing mission.
This hospital is larger than any other clinic Kateri Medical Services has helped to sponsor in the past. We are working on Phase 1 now, which is half of the planned project. When Phase 1 is completed, the hospital will be opened and begin to serve patients. Phase 2 will be built in the future when other funds are raised by the Diocese of Gusau. Gusau is the capital city of Zamfarra State in the northeastern part of Nigeria.
This hospital is larger than any other clinic Kateri Medical Services has helped to sponsor in the past. We are working on Phase 1 now, which is half of the planned project. When Phase 1 is completed, the hospital will be opened and begin to serve patients. Phase 2 will be built in the future when other funds are raised by the Diocese of Gusau. Gusau is the capital city of Zamfarra State in the northeastern part of Nigeria.
Our Local Partners
The Anglican Diocese of Gusau is headed by Bishop John Danbinta. Bishop John and Kateri Medical Services’ President, Rev. Tom Furrer have been close personal friends for 15 years. They first met when Bishop John was a priest in the Diocese of Kaduna. They have been discussing the possibility of building a clinic in Gusau for many years. In 2016, they began to make serious plans to build the clinic and construction began in 2017.
Our First Outreach
We hope to complete construction and open the new clinic in October of 2018. As we have done in our previous two new clinics, we will open our first week as a free medical mission.
Construction at Gusau Medical Clinic
New Graceland Hospital on Gusau
Rev. Tom Furrer and Bishop John Danbinta at site for new clinic in Gusau
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Fr. Tom, Bishop John and construction workers in front of Graceland Hospital in Gusau
Graceland Hospital in Gusau
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Early stages planning for Gusau Clinic
This is the land for Kateri Medical Service's third clinic in Gusau in Nigeria. Bishop John Dan Binta bishop of Gusau diocese and Father Tom from Kateri Medical Services. This land is already owned by the diocese.
