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 Biu, Borno State
The Medical Missions team of the RCN Medical Center, under the umbrella of the Remnant Christian Network
conducted free medical outreach at Biu local government area of Borno State, Nigeria. The Biu medical outreach held
alongside the Great Gospel Campaign, a mission work spearheaded by Evangelist Shaala Ukaa and powered by the
Missions arm of the Remnant Christian Network. The RCN Medical team consisted of Medical Doctors, Nurses,
Medical lab technicians, Records officer and a logistic officer, the team had healthcare workers from the community
who volunteered for the outreach.
2. Activities: Pre-visit, visit, post-visit.
3. Beneficiaries
Residents of Biu Local Government, Borno State were the beneficiaries of the free medical outreach
4. 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.
5. Impact assessment
Impact assesssment
a. Qualitative: During the medical crusade, the people of Biu local government area received health
talk, they had their vital signs checked, 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.
b. Quantitative: Impact in Numbers (Demography and Health Statistics)
Day 1: 150 patients were attended to with females being 106 in number and males 44. The age of
the participants ranged from 3 months to 90 years of age
Day 2: 397 patients were attended to with females being 106 in number and males 44. The age of
the participants ranged from 5 months to 100 years of age
6. Accounting
a. Amount spent on medical consumables
i. Medications
ii. Laboratory Consumables
iii. General Consumables
b. Amount spent on food/ items/ gifts
c. Personnel remuneration
d. Logistics and Transportation
e. Preparation, Publicity and Reporting
FINANCIAL REPORT OF NORTH EAST MISSIONS 1st – 18th April 2025
(Bauchi, Kaltungo, Biu, Michika, Yola)
ITEM AMOUNT
Vehicle arrangement ssss 210,000
Fuel 284,158
Lab 419,500
Pharmacy 1,152,693.12
Stipend @ 7 persons for 4 locations 280,000
Yola stipend/appreciation 310,000
Bauchi volunteers(12 persons) 40,000
Biu volunteers(2 persons) 10,000
Michika vounteers (5 persons) 25,000
Tp refund to Nr Sewuese & Diana 25,000
Feeding & accommodation 250,000
Finger batteries 5,200
HDL battery 400
Sellotape 700
Fixing of car plate number 500
Tollgate fee 1,500
Drinking water 6,100
Snacks & drinks 21,500
Black leather 4,700
Car repair 5,000
Bathroom slippers 600
Bikeman fare @ Biu 1,000
Car wash 5,000
Rim A4 paper 6,000
Mobil engine oil 5,500
Biros 500
Tyre /Jack/wheel spanner 43,000
Tyre replacement workmanship 1,500
TOTAL 3.115,051.12
BALANCE with Dr. Dooyum 42,662.14
7. Worth of services provided: (value assessment)
a. Cost of drugs at 15% mark-up
b. Prevailing cost of investigation services
c. Cost of consultations at prevailing rate
d. Cost of feeding
e. Cost of gifts and other items
f. Others
8. Funding and Sponsorship
9. Medical Missions Vital Summary Statistics
a. Number of clients seen: A total number of 547 individuals were attended to
b. Bio-demographic distribution: All patients consented to receiving the free medical checks,
consultation and free medication. The age of patients from the two days ranged from 8 months to 90
years. The 0-10 years age range children had the highest attendance (17.2%), followed by the 41- 50
years age range (15.3%), the least represented age group was 71 years and above (7.8%). Majority of
the recipients of the medical outreach were females (71.5%).
Vital Signs: Temperature was checked for 505 persons, majority of them (64.4%) had temperature
within the range of 35.5˚C – 36.5˚C, many of them (32.7%) had temperature within the range of 36.6˚C
– 37.5 ˚C, while few (2.8%) had above 37.5 ˚C. Pulse was checked for 336 persons with 86.9% having
pulse rate within the range of 60-100 b/m, 11% had pulse rate above 100 b/m, while 2.1% had 50-59
b/m. Blood pressure was checked for 385 persons, 51.7% having blood pressure within the range of
90/60 – 130/90mmHg, 20.5% had above 150/90mmHg, 14.3% of them had blood pressure within the
range of 131/90 – 140/90mmHg, 12.5% had blood pressure within the range of 141/90 – 150/90mmHg
and 1% had blood pressure below 90/60 mmHg.
Lab Tests: Lab tests were done based on the consulting officer’s request. For blood sugar, 30 persons
had blood sugar checks with (90%) having blood sugar levels within the range of 4.0 >7.8mmol/L, 7
persons (10%) had greater than 8.5mmol/L. For malaria tests, 24 persons were tested, 75% of the tests
were negative, 25% were positive. Five people were tested for Hepatitis B, 80% were non-reactive, 20%
were reactive. Five people were tested for Hepatitis C, 100% were non-reactive, two people had RVS
test done and 100% were non-reactive.
c. Disease Pattern (Diagnosis): The most common diagnosis with 37.2% (192 people) was Dyspepsia
followed by diagnoses of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) reported in 104 people (20.2%),
Malaria was reported in 77 people (9.1%), Hypertension in 49 people (9.5%), Enteric fever and vaginal
candidiasis were both recorded for 33 persons (6.4%) each, while low back pain and myalgia were
reported in 28 persons (5.4%) and 22 persons (4.3%) respectively. Osteoarthritis was diagnosed in 20
persons (3.9%), Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) in 19 persons (3.7%), Gastroenteritis in 17 (3.3%)
persons, and Urinary tract infection (UTI) and Dermatitis each diagnosed in 16 persons (3.1%).
d. Secondary Referrals: Out of the 518 people attended to, 95 of them (18.4%) required secondary
referral
a. Medications Prescribed: The following medications were prescribed; tab paracetamol for 264 persons
(51.2%), tab metronidazole for 174 persons (33.7%), Suspension gascol for 159 persons (30.8%), tab
amoxicillin for 116 persons (22.5%), tab Omeprazole for 107 persons (20.7%), tab Ciprofloxacin for 83
persons (16.1%), tab gelusil (18.3%), Antimalarial tablets (16.6%), tab omeprazole (15.4%), tab
diclofenac (12.9%), tab vitamin C (12.6%), tab ibuprofen (12.3%), tab amlodipine (10%), tab Lisinopril
(9.7%), tab vitamin B-complex (9.7%),). Other medications prescribed include multivitamin tablets
(5.1%), tab albendazole (5.1%), doxycycline capsules (5.1%), vasopinn (4%) cough syrup and
expectorant (3.4%), tab piriton (3.1%), tab ampiclox (2.9%), tab prednisolone (2.3%), tab Augmentin
(2.3%), syrup antibiotics and syrup non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were also prescribed for
pediatrics as well as other medications.
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