Updated Pharmacy Formulary
Click below to download a PDF of this important document from the BMC Pharmacy. Volunteers may want to print a copy of this or save it to their mobile device before coming.
* Note that the formulary changes regularly and it is best to get the most recent copy in person from our pharmacy staff.
Head over to the Volunteers page for more details.
Medical Protocols Updated
This important medical protocols document is courtesy of Dr. Vince Waite who has been serving at BMC since the 1980s:
Additionally, you can download Hepatitis Protocol documents from Dr. Teresa Fowler:
Head over to the Volunteers page for more documents and details.
BMC Guesthouse Rates
Our BMC volunteers guesthouse rates have been simplified to a single $30/person all inclusive daily rate and $35/day for an air conditioned room.
All Inclusive – Lodging/Meals/Internet per day
Per person rate * $30 (see amount in GHS) / $35 for Air conditioned room
* Per Person rate is irrespective of whether rooms are shared or not. Rooms are given on a first- come first-served basis.
Transportation
$35/ person one way, $70/ person roundtrip
Laundry
$5 GHS per load (wash & dry)
MDCG Physician License Renewal Fees Increase
The Medical Dental Council Ghana has increased retention (renewal) fees for licensed physicians from 400GHS to 506GHS (currently around 32USD). This affects all volunteer physicians who have previously been licensed and wish to return to serve at BMC.
You can see the new fees posted on their website at https://www.mdcghana.org/fees-and-charges/
Dr. Fuller Robinson Passes Away at 95
We are saddened by the news of the loss of our beloved dentist Dr. Fuller Robinson, known in Mamprugu as “Dr. Yaam-i-noori.” His family informed us that he passed away peacefully on Friday, February 23, 2024 at the age of 95.
Dr. Robinson first began volunteering as a dentist in Mamprugu in 1981 and made over 50 trips to BMC over four decades with his final trip being in February 2023. His selfless sacrifice to the people of Mamprugu had an impact on thousands and thousands of souls. Rest in peace, grandaddy.
His obituary is posted on the funeral home’s website: https://memorial.oakeys.com/j-fuller-robinson/5385767/index.php
MDCG Raises Temporary Medical License Fee 13%
The Medical Dental Council Ghana has increased the cost of new temporary medical license registrations to 759USD. Previously, the new registrations fee had been 660USD.
All foreign physicians who are licensed in their home country and come to work at BMC must register and pay this fee.
MDCG Link: https://www.mdcghana.org/temporary-registration/
Once a physician receives a Temporary Registration, it only costs 506GHS (~42USD) to renew it annually.
MDCG Link: https://www.mdcghana.org/renewal/
Celebrating Tommy Harrison & Dr. Fuller Robinson
Since the early 1980s, Tommy Harrison of Smith’s Station, AL and Dr. Fuller Robinson of Roanoke, VA have been coming to Nalerigu to serve at BMC.
Tommy volunteered as a field engineer doing maintaince work at the hospital, drilling wells in the the surrounding communities and advising on many construction projects over the years. Tommy amazingly taught himself Mampruli and setup preaching points in remote villages – many of which became churches.
Dr. Robinson setup the hospital’s dental program and has been doing annual (often bi-annual) trips to provide mobile dental services to villages in the region.
After a dinner of Tommy & Fuller’s favorite Ghanaian dishes, Rev. Mark Copolla gave a brief devotional highlighting how the two men’s decades of Kingdom work reflect the life of Christ they are compelled to imitate. Then the Faile Foundation president Dr. Paul Shumpert presented them each with a framed citation expressing appreciation for their service. They also received matching t-shirts that read “Well Done Good and Faithful Servant.”
BMC Security Fence Upgrade
Thanks to a special gift through the International Mission Board, BMC has been able to upgrade its security fence around the lower campus where the volunteer guesthouses are located.
The new 650+ meters of security fencing have six feet of chainlink with barbed wire and an additional line of barbed wire at 7 feet.
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New 6ft chainlink security fence
Dr. Heidi Haun and Family Return to BMC
After taking a year of sabbatical leave that was unexpectedly extended by several months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, BMC’s surgeon Dr. Heidi Haun, her husband Rev. William Haun and their children returned to Nalerigu on September 24th.
During her absence, her role at BMC as surgical consultant was graciously filled by volunteer physician Dr. Anastasia Furtak.
The Haun family has committed to another 4-year term of volunteer service at BMC.
