Postdoctoral Graduations
Bongolo Hospital celebrates the graduation of two postdoctoral medical residents
Clearing Needed for “Take Off”
Steve and Alace Straw and their family are in Gabon as missionaries with Air Calvary. They are also with IFAP, the International Fellowship of Alliance Professionals. They have come to open the first ever Air Ambulance service to the Bongolo Hospital. They live in Libreville, capital city of Gabon. Steve wrote that over the past …
Nursing School Updates
Class of 2012-2015 “Report Card Day”! Bongolo Hospital Nursing School Fall 2010 Entry of New Nursing Students The first day of school students got registered, payed their student fee, learned about the school’s policies, signed their contracts and got a tour of the hospital.That afternoon they started a two week intensive Orientation Course which included …
First Gabonese PAACS Resident!
In 1994, a dream was launched of training Gabonese surgeons and that dream triggered the conversations that led to the birth of PAACS. In 2009 it came true! Dr. Simplice TCHOBA with his wife Neni, a dentist, and one child arrived at Bongolo Hospital as a PAACS resident. Both trained in Moscow and were fluent …
Final Day of School Year!
On June 13 the Nursing students met at the school at 9am for their last day of their second year of classes. After cleaning the school classrooms and office everyone sat around in a circle and had a sandwich lunch. Songs were sung then came some testimonies of how God had helped them during the …
Called to Medical Missions!
Dr. Deborah Walker, a Pediatrician at the Bongolo Hospital, shares Claude Alain’s exciting story of God’s healing as well as her testimony of how she was called to serve Christ through medicine. Her article appeared in the January 15, 2014 “a-Life, Alliance Magazine” by the title, ” Through Healing Hands”. Please click here for Dr …
Fire!
Mid afternoon on Friday January 17th there was a city power outage at the Bongolo Hospital and Station. The emergency generator was started. Dr. Zach O’Connor went frequently to see if the city power was on so he could switch the hospital back to it and turn off the generator. About 7pm the city plant …
Outpatient Medical Clinic
Another new building is going up at the Hospital. It will be an Outpatient Medical Clinic for doctors and nurses who consult adult patients. The original building where they consulted was very old and was torn down. They have been working out of a temporary building until this new building is completed. It is being …
PAACS Graduation 2013!
PAACS held its 9th graduation ceremony and celebration at Bongolo Hospital on July 28 for Dr.Philadelphie Dembele (Mali) and Dr. Ruffin Loua (Guinea-Conakry), the 9th and 10th graduates from Bongolo (27th and 28th from PAACS). During the same ceremony, Bongolo Hospital’s 3-year ophthalmology training program (POB) graduated its first ophthalmology resident, Dr. Elisee Baroua, from …
New Emergency Department!
n May the old Emergency Room was emptied out as everything was moved over to the new Emergency Department. Here are some photos, the photo to the left is of the old “ER” and the other photos of the new “ED”: