NEWS
November 3, 2009
Donated Hospital Supplies given to Project C.u.r.e.
Recently a generous donation of hospital supplies valued at over $400,000 was offered to the Healthcare Outreach Network by Medical Properties Trust, Inc. of Birmingham, AL. In communication with our partner, Projct C.U.R.E., we have arranged for their warehouse in Houston Texas to receive the supplies. HON and Project C.U.R.E. are working partners in our efferts to distribuate medical equipment and supplies to recipient hospitals and clinic in the developing world.
June 4, 2008
Ambulance to India
Ben McKibbens, Executive Director of Healthcare Outreach Network, reported in our regularly scheduled HON board meeting on June 4, 2008 that the ambulance was scheduled to arrive in
India in the next few days. Working in coordination with Texas Baptist Men and United
Missionary Services, Inc., of Houston, the Healthcare Outreach Network shipped a
refurbished ambulance with four wheel drive to the Biblical Baptist Church Ministries New
Colony, Bhadravati , Karntaka, India. This community is located in the southern region of
the country, northwest of Bangalore. The ambulance was donated by Jeff Burns of Burnsville,
NC. Mr. Burns is the the director of the JAMES Project (Jesus Ambulance Medical Services).
Our ambulance to India was #37--and he's working on more!!! Rev. Billa Nelson, director
of the ministry in India, states that 70% of the population in the area have no access to
health care. The ministry is so grateful for the gift of this ambulance that will be used
to help those hurting and badly injured in their community.
April 27, 2008
Medical Supplies Arrive in North Korea!
On April 27, 2008 a container of much needed medical supplies arrived at the new health clinic in Haepo, North Korea. The Healthcare Outreach Network in cooperation with the Texas Baptist Men worked with Ron Springs, President of Global Resource Services, to ship these medical supplies. We are hopeful that this new partnership will grow to permit HON to be of service to other healthcare institutions in North Korea.
November 14, 2007
HON Board Meeting
Our Fall board meeting was held at the Texas Baptist Men facility in Dallas Texas. It is impressive to see all that TBM is involved with, including helping HON to pack and ship our containers.
Our board heard reports from Fred and Mary Kay Posey regarding the celebration in Eku and Ogbomoso at the arrival of our containers in July. A letter of appreciation was also presented from Mr. Burster Iyere, Administrative manager of Ogbomoso Hospital, expressing his thanks for the recent shipment of medical supplies and equipment to the Baptist Medical Centers at
Ogbomoso, Eku and Shaki. We also heard a presentations from Rick Klein of Cure International and from Shirley Shofner who presented a letter and a video from Global Resource Services.
Our board approved undertaking a partnership with Global Resource Services (to help deliver needed medical supplies to North Korea) and Cure International (to help obtain and deliver needed medical equipment to their hospitals overseas). The container to North Korea will hopefully be shipped by the end of the year. We will be contacting our supporting hospitals in an effort to procure the required equipment for Cure.
July 10, 2007
Nigerian Containers Arrive!
On July 10, 2007, Ben McKibbens wrote to HON board members and supporting hospitals, "This past weekend Fred and Mary Kay Posey called twice from Nigeria (Once from Eku, then Ogbomoso), while witnessing the unloading of our equipment and supplies at the Baptist hospitals. They reported all items were received and in good order. Needless to say, they were ecstatic!!!!! --And if you know Mary Kay, she brings a whole new meaning to that word!........ Thanks again for all your support and participation." After months of redtape the containers were finally released and delivered to the hospitals at Eku and Ogbomoso. We hope to have pictures coming soon to show the equipment in place and being used.
May 16, 2007
HON Board Meeting
The Healthcare Outreach Network board meeting was held at the BGCT building in Dallas. Along with regular business, we received reports from Rick DeFoore on his work with Cure International in Afganistan and from Dr. Solomon A. Ishola, General Secretary of the Nigerian Baptist Convention. It was also reported that the Nigerian containers are still being held by the government and that due to upcoming national elections there, things are not moving quickly through government channels. The Poseys are continuing their efforts to gain release of the containers.
May 2007
Generator for Managua Hospital
Through Don Sewell at the BGCT, we were made aware of the need for a new 800kW generator to replace the current system that is underpowered and aging at the Managua, Nicaragua Baptist Hospital. The BGCT helped in locating a unit and through the BGCT, HON contributed $2500 in February 2007 toward the expenses of shipping the generator. We received a very nice letter from Dr. Sara Mayrena, the director of the hospital, saying that the generator had arrived and would be installed shortly. She thanked all of us who played a part in making this possible.
March 2007
New HON Website
The Healthcare Outreach Network is happy to have our new website online. We hope that its user friendly format will help our browsers to see more easily who we are and what we are doing. The site will be having new additions to it over the next few weeks in order to totally complete it, but the core of the site is here for your use. We hope you enjoy it.
February 2007
Word on the Nigerian Shipment
Good news! The Nigerian containers will be released soon from the port and be delivered to the hospitals. The shipments have been held by the customs officials in the port for several weeks. Well-worded letters from Charles Wade and Keith Bruce started the ball rolling, and the equipment and supplies were soon thereafter released to their destinations.
A ground team of Mary Kay and Fred Posey, Dr. Clint Miner, and others are in Nigeria to help in the delivery and installation of the equipment and supplies. We hope to have a complete report and pictures once the team returns to the US.
November 2006
On its way!
Thanks to the astounding support of our donors, HON is pleased to report that we were able to send more than we ever anticipated to three Christian medical centers in Nigeria: Ogbomoso, Eku, and Shakie. Two large containers were recently filled to capacity in Dallas and transported to Houston for shipping November 3.
Shirley Shofner, Mary Kay and Fred Posey, and Leo Smith's team of Texas Baptist Men are also to be commended for their many hours of dedication to this task. Also, our HON executive director, Ben McKibbens, and his wife Loren traveled to Dallas to help in the final process of packing and crating. Numerous hard to obtain items came in right at the last minute including three anesthesia machines, two desktop and two laptop computers. All items were well protected with various types of padding, crated, placed on pallets, and secured before being placed in the containers.
The much needed equipment and supplies will be delivered to the Baptist medical center in Ogbomoso, the Eku Baptist Hospital, and the Shakie Baptist Clinic. HON is most appreciative for so many participants sharing their time, energies, and assets. The attached photos can assist in demonstrating the fruitfulness of your participation.
Click here to read Baptist Standard article about the shipment (http://www.bgct.org/texasbaptists/Page.aspx?&pid=3720&srcid=2655)
September 2006
Preparations for Nigeria Shipment
The current focus of the Healthcare Outreach Network is our first shipment of medical supplies and equipment to Ogbomoso and Eku hospitals in Nigeria. The response from our donor hospitals in sending equipment has been tremendous. Shirley Shofner with the BGCT and Baylor Healthcare System is doing an outstanding job of coordinating the entire operation. Also, many thanks to Texas Baptist Men who have taken the responsibility of packing all the equipment and supplies and then loading the shipping container. The container should arrive in Nigeria in November.
July 12, 2006
New COO for HON
The board members of the Healthcare Outreach Network are pleased to announce that Dr. Ken Baker has accepted the position of Chief Operating Officer, following our July 2006 board meeting. Dr. Baker, a general dentist, is currently in part-time private practice in St. Augustine, FL. He brings to us twelve years of overseas experience as a career missionary with the International Mission Board. He will be working under the direction of our CEO, Ben McKibbens.