Training Doctors

About

Many rural Zimbabweans and Zambians have limited access to adequate healthcare, a problem exacerbated by a shortage of trained doctors and pharmacists. Over the past several years, the BIC hospitals in Zimbabwe (Mtshabezi Hospital and Phumula Hospital) and Zambia (Macha Hospital) have experienced this staffing shortage as it’s difficult to employ government doctors in these areas. As a result, critically-ill patients must travel hundreds of miles to the next closest medical center or, at times, pass away without receiving necessary medical care.

To fill this need, there are young BIC members who would like to become committed doctors and pharmacists who fulfill the holistic mission of these BIC Hospitals, caring for both body and soul. However, the cost of formal medical training is out of reach.

Through this initiative, we hope to provide educational training for medical students to become doctors and pharmacists. In turn, these newly qualified medical professionals will commit to serving our BIC hospitals in Zimbabwe and Zambia, providing life-saving services and quality, holistic treatment to those in need.

By giving to the Training Doctors project, you will provide holistic and Christ-centered medical care for the sick and vulnerable in rural areas of Zimbabwe and Zambia.