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 BSU area on an open field, beside New Apostolic Church, opposite Benue
State Teaching Hospital, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria which held on the 4 th of May, 2025. The team consisted of
four Medical Doctors, Nurses, Medical lab Technicians, Pharmacists, a CHEW, and a logistic officer, volunteers from
the RCN Adullam team also assisted with crowd control and counselling.
2. Activities: Pre-visit, visit, post-visit.
3. Beneficiaries
Residents of BSU area of Makurdi, Benue 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
a. Qualitative: During the medical crusade, the people of BSU area 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. Finally, the
pharmacy provided the people with free medications as prescribed.
b. Quantitative: Impact in Numbers (Demography and Health Statistics)
A total of 92 patients were attended to with females being 57 in number and males 35. The age of
the participants ranged from 11months old to 85 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
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 92 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 ranged from 11 months to 85 years. The 21-
30 age range had the highest number of patients (30.3%) followed by the 0-10 age range (20.2%),
and 41 – 50 age range (18%). the least represented age group was 71 years and above (1.1%).
Majority of the recipients of the medical outreach were females (64%).
Vital Signs: Temperature was checked for 88 persons, majority of them (77.3%) had temperature
within the range of 35.5˚C – 36.5 ˚C, while 22.7% had temperature within the range of 36.6˚C –
37.5 ˚C. Pulse was checked for 66 persons with 87.9% having pulse rate within the range of 60-100
b/m, 7.6% had pulse rate within the range of 50-59 b/m, and 4.5% had above 100 b/m. Blood
pressure was checked for 65 persons with 86.2% having blood pressure within the range of 90/60 –
130/90mmHg, 7.7% had blood pressure within the range of 131/90 – 140/90mmHg, 3.1% had
above 150/90mmHg, 3.1% of them had blood pressure within the range of 141/90 – 150/90mmHg.
Lab Tests: Lab tests were done based on the consulting officer’s request. For blood sugar, 7
persons had blood sugar checks with 100% having blood sugar levels within the range of 4.0
>7.8mmol/L. For malaria tests, 2 persons were tested, 100% negative. Nine people were tested for
Hepatitis B, 88.9% were non-reactive, 11.1% was reactive. Nine people were tested for Hepatitis C,
all (100%) were non-reactive, four people had RVS test done and 100% non-reactive.
c. Disease Pattern (Diagnosis): Many of the people (23.6%) came without particular complaints or
health challenge, the most common diagnosis with 18% was Dyspepsia followed by diagnoses of
Upper respiratory tract infection reported in (12.4%), Filariasis/Helminthiasis was reported in
(10.1%), Hypertension and malaria were each diagnosed in 7.9% of the people, Vaginal
candidiasis in 6.7% of the people. Some other conditions diagnosed include osteoarthritis (3.4%).
Dermatitis (3.4%), gastroenteritis, low back pain, eye conditions, UTI, peripheral neuropathy in
2.2% each, and others.
d. Secondary Referrals: Out of the data collected for people attended to, 86.5% required secondary
referral
e. Medications Prescribed: The following medications were prescribed, tab albendazole (28.1%),
vitamin C (24.7%), Paracetamol 23.6%, tab omeprazole (15.7%), tab amoxicillin (12.4%),
metronidazole (13.5%), Antimalarials (7.9%), tab amlodipine (7.9%), Suspension gascol (7.9%),
tab Loratadine (6.7%), tab gelusil (4.5%), Ibuprofen (4.5%), tab ciprofloxacin (4.5%), tab lisinopril
(4.5), cough syrup (3.4%),. Others include Ampiclox, doxycycline capsules, tab fluconazole,
Clotrimoxazole cream, tab diclofenac, piriton, vitamin B complex, as well as other medications.
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