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Garoua-Boulai.
Introduction.
“My grace is all you need, for my power is great when you are weak.” (2 Cor12: 9).
Geographical situation
Garoua-Boulaï, hospital is located in Garoua-Boula? Subdivision town, Lom and Djerem division in the East Province. The Garoua-Boula? has about 52471 inhabitances (2003) and has a surface area of 2125km2 and a density of 24, 7inhabitance per km2. It is has the border with the Central Africa Republic.
Garoua-Boula? – Bertoua 260km with tar-road Garoua-Boula? – Ngaoundere 260km none tar road.
History.
1950: The creation of the Protestant hospital, a dispensary with a grass roof. The Hospital has his opening authorization by the Ministry of Health under this number: N0 51/A/MSAP/DSP/SDFS/BFSP of June 21, 1974.
1958-1960: the construction of the actual central building with its in patients rooms of operating room, internal medicine, private rooms, pediatrics, through the donation of a rich man named IRVING Young an American. The building was dedicated by the Cameroonian Prime Minister M. DJOUNGOU Foncham at that time.
1973-1974: The Hospital extension by the new construction of the new building, like the actual dispensary, the maternity, the chapel, the tuberculosis ward and the Nurses housing (the actuel housing for the aid nurses).
24th of October 1975: the grand opening of its new buildings under the presence of the chiefs of Garoua-Boula?, Betaré-Oya and Meiganga Distrits and the Provincial delegates of Public Health.
1989-1990: Building of the Nurses homes and for the Medical Doctor with the funds rising by the Lutheran World Federation(LWF). Actually the Garoua-Boula? Protestant Hospital disposes a capacity of 110 beds.
- From 1950-1953: Mrs. ALIDA Trygstad, Registered Nurse, chief of the Center;
- From 1953-1955: Dr CONRAD Eastwold, Chief of the Dispensary;
- From 1955-1963: Dr ROBERT Mandsager;
- From 1963-1969: Dr CONRAD Eastwold;
- From 1969-1970: Dr NORMAN Olson;
- From 1970-1981: Dr PAUL Jacobsen;
- From 1970-1981: Dr CONRAD Eastwold;
- From 1981-1983: Dr JO ELLIOT Blackslee;
- From 1983-1987: Dr PAUL Jacobsen;
- From 1987-1990: Dr JONAS Njikam;
- From 1990-1990: Dr DANIEL Brobeck;
- From 1990-1995: Dr SOLOFONIAINA Rakotoarivelo;
- From 1995-2001: Dr HEURIC Rakotomalala;
- From 2001-2004: Dr MATTHIEU Yadji;
- From 2004 to our Days, Dr SOLOFONIAINA Rakotoarivelo.
Personnel situation
The number of personnel went from 52 in 2004 to 38 in 2007.
