Konshisha RCN Medical Missions (with Adullam)

RCN MEDICAL MISSIONS REPORTING Konshisha Street, Makurdi, Benue State 3rd May, 2025 Background, team The RCN Missions’ Hospital was commissioned in year 2024 with its mission of providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare, driven by love and guided by faith. The institution is devoted to delivering top-tier services that prioritize the physical, emotional and spiritual well-being of patients. The hospital is physically located in Makurdi Benue State, however, her reach extends beyond Makurdi to the far ends of Nigeria even reaching to distant and rural communities of the country. This is achieved through her three core programmes which include; AromeCare (Medical Missions/Outreaches) DinnaCare (Women and Children Health Support Programme) DOCcare (Dedicated Organisation for Communities Care/Community Health Interventions) The Medical Missions Team to Bauchi The Medical Missions team of the RCN Medical Center, under the umbrella of the Remnant Christian Network conducted a free medical outreach at Konshisha area of Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria which held on the 3rd of May, 2025. The team consisted of a Medical Doctor, Nurses, Medical lab Technicians, Pharmacists, Records officer and a logistic officer, volunteers from the RCN Adullam team also assisted with crowd control and counselling. Activities: Pre-visit, visit, post-visit. Beneficiaries Residents of Konshisha area of Makurdi, Benue State were the beneficiaries of the free medical outreach Aims / Goals Providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare, driven by love and guided by faith is the core purpose of the RCN Medical Missions. The aim of the medical outreach was to provide health education, basic and essential health checks and screening, medical consultation services, basic medical interventions, counselling and medications for members of the community. Impact assessment Qualitative: During the medical crusade, the people of Konshisha area received health talk, they had their vital signs checked, had medical consultation, there was a laboratory stand with equipment to provide free tests to people as required, the tests available included; Rapid Diagnostic test (RDT) for malaria parasite, test for Hepatitis B virus (HBsAg), test for Hepatitis C virus, blood sugar level test, widal test and RDT for HIV. All patients seen were given the opportunity to pass through the counselling station where they had access to spiritual and emotional care, counselling and prayers with adequate privacy ensured. Finally, the pharmacy provided the people with free medications as prescribed. Quantitative: Impact in Numbers (Demography and Health Statistics) A total of 123 patients were attended to with females being 79 in number and males 44. The age of the participants ranged from 2 years to 83 years of age Accounting Amount spent on medical consumables Medications Laboratory Consumables General Consumables Amount spent on food/ items/ gifts Personnel remuneration Logistics and Transportation Preparation, Publicity and Reporting Worth of services provided: (value assessment) Cost of drugs at 15% mark-up Prevailing cost of investigation services Cost of consultations at prevailing rate Cost of feeding Cost of gifts and other items Others Funding and Sponsorship Medical Missions Vital Summary Statistics Number of clients seen: A total number of 123 individuals were attended to Bio-demographic distribution: All patients consented to receiving the free medical checks, consultation and free medication. The age of patients ranged from 2 years to 83 years. The 0-10 age range and 11-20 age range had the highest number of patients (25.9%), followed by 31 – 40 age range (19%), the least represented age group was 71 years and above (0.9%). Majority of the recipients of the medical outreach were females (63.8%). Vital Signs: Temperature was checked for 116 persons, majority of them (50.9%) had temperature within the range of 36.6˚C – 37.5 ˚C, many of them (38.8%) had temperature within the range of 35.5˚C – 36.5˚C while 9.5% had above 37.5 ˚C. Pulse was checked for 65 persons with 89.2% having pulse rate within the range of 60-100 b/m, 10.8% had pulse rate above 100 b/m. Blood pressure was checked for 63 persons with 71.4% having blood pressure within the range of 90/60 – 130/90mmHg, 14.3% had above 150/90mmHg, 7.9% of them had blood pressure within the range of 141/90 – 150/90mmHg, 6.3% had blood pressure within the range of 131/90 – 140/90mmHg. Lab Tests: Lab tests were done based on the consulting officer’s request. For blood sugar, 11 persons had blood sugar checks with 100% having blood sugar levels within the range of 4.0 >8.5mmol/L. For malaria tests, 12 persons were tested, 100% were negative. Eight people were tested for Hepatitis B, 75% were non-reactive, 25% were reactive. Eight people were tested for Hepatitis C, both (100%) were non-reactive, seven people had RVS test done and 100% were non-reactive. Disease Pattern (Diagnosis): The most common diagnosis with 22.4% was Malaria followed by diagnoses of Dyspepsia reported in (21.6%), Filariasis/Helminthiasis was reported in (12.1%), Upper respiratory tract infection and Eye conditions in (7.8%), Hypertension and Low back pain were each diagnosed in (6%), Dermatitis and Enteric fever were diagnosed in 5.2%, Vaginal candidiasis, PID and UTI each in 4.3%. Some other conditions diagnosed include gastroenteritis (2.6%), conjunctivitis (2.6%), Migraine (1.7%), Otitis media (1.7%), osteoarthritis, Anxiety (1.7%) and others. Secondary Referrals: Out of the data collected for people attended to, 12.9% required secondary referral Medications Prescribed: The following medications were prescribed, Tab Paracetamol 38.8%, Tab Albendazole (36.2%), Antimalarial Tablets (25%), Tab Omeprazole (19%), Tab Vitamin C (14.7%), Tab Amoxicillin (13.8%), Tab Gelusil (12.9%), Tab Loratadine (12.9%), Tab Ibuprofen (8.6%), Tab Metronidazole (7.8%), Tab Ciprofloxacin (6%), Doxycycline Capsules (6%), Cough Syrup (6%), Tab Fluconazole (6%), Clotrimoxazole Cream (4.3%), Tab Amlodipine (3.4%), Tab Diclofenac (2.6%), Suspension Gascol (2.6%) as well as other medications. Images and videos (mentioned but not attached in the document) Prayers before the outreach commenced Arrival at the venue Health talk by Nurse Peace and an interpreter RCN Medical Missions Team Vital signs checks Registration stand Medical Consultation Free tests at the Laboratory station Pharmacy Counselling session