Mbingo Baptist Hospital, Bamenda Cameroon 
Mission: Cameroonian Baptist Convention
Profile: Mbingo Baptist Hospital is in the rural northwest region of Cameroon at a mountain pass. Most of the year there are waterfalls along the south rock walls of the valley. There are two growing seasons here, so starvation and malnutrition are very rare. We receive patients from hundreds of kilometers around. The hospital was started and is run by the Cameroonian Baptist Convention.
There are 270 beds and they are allocated as follows:
- Male medical (30)
- TB isolation (6)
- Pediatrics (20 + isolation)
- Surgical (70)
- Maternity (12)
- Hanson's Disease (30)
- Ulcer Ward (30)
- Orthopedics (30)
- Adult private rooms (6)
- Female adult (30)
We do over 1,500 major operations and 830 minor operations per year. Malaria and other tropical diseases make up a small portion of the admitted patients. Pregnancy complications, gynecology, cancers of all types, pediatric tumors, soft tissue infections and abcesses are also common. Traumatic fractures and soft tissue injuries are presented regularly. In addition to medical care, the hospital offers a 3-year training course for nurses, the PAACS program for surgical training and a 3-year nurse anesthetist training program.
Time Difference: +5 hours Daylight Savings Time (EST), USA; +6 hours Eastern Standard Time, USA
Travel: Fly by commercial airline to Doula or Yaounde; a driver will then take you 7 hours north past Bamenda (40 kilometers to the hospital).
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Location: Mbingo Baptist Hospital is in a rural region of the Northwest Province, north of Bamenda. It is 380 kilometers north of Duala on a paved road. Map of Bamenda
Language: Pidgin English is the primary language of the hospital, although numerouse local Cameroonian languages are also spoken.
Climate: Except for the warm winter months (a dry season from October to March), temperatures furn from 65 to 80 degrees (F); humidity ranges from 40% to 80%, and it rains most often in the afternoon.
Housing: Accomodations are in a guesthouse with kitchen facilities for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There is also a Hostel with all meals provided.
Dr. Steve Sparks Dr. Jim Brown
| Program Director: Dr. Steve Sparks Assistant Program Director: Dr. James Brown Location: Near Bamenda, Cameroon Hospital Agency: Cameroonian Baptist Convention Beds: 270 (125 surgical) Operating Rooms: 5 major, 1 minor Began Training Residents: 2006 Maximum Resident Capacity: 12 |