A Hospital Born from Urgent Need
As the number of students on the Obong campus grew, access to medical care became an urgent concern. The nearest hospital was about thirty miles away, and the trip could take two or three hours even during the dry season. During the rains, the journey became extremely difficult—and sometimes nearly impossible.
Recognizing the need, Dr. Moses Akpanudo began pursuing a local medical facility that could serve the growing campus and people from surrounding communities.
Opening Day for Akwabia Hospital
Akwabia Hospital Staff Providing Much-Needed Community Care
Built Through Christian Partnership
Akwabia Hospital became possible because Christians across continents joined Dr. Moses Akpanudo in responding to an urgent need for accessible medical care.
Crieve Hall Church of Christ in Nashville provided significant early financial support, while Healing Hands supplied beds and mattresses needed for patient care. Together, these gifts helped turn the vision of a local cottage hospital into a functioning place of care.
What began as a response to the needs of students and staff has since expanded to serve individuals and families from surrounding communities.
One Mission, Working Together
Akwabia Hospital is an Integral Component of the
Overall Obong Missions Ecosystem
Overall Obong Missions Ecosystem
Akwabia Hospital is part of the larger Obong mission. Established on the university campus to care for students and staff across Obong’s educational ministries, it has expanded its services to individuals and families from surrounding communities.
Here, healthcare stands alongside Christian education as another expression of the same calling: meeting practical needs with skill and compassion while reflecting the love of Christ through service.
Obong University Campus Church of Christ
Medical Outreach Volunteer Team
Medical Outreach Volunteer Team
Equipped Through Generous Partnership
Medical Laboratory: Essential diagnostic testing helps Akwabia Hospital’s clinicians identify illness and guide effective treatment.
Quality medical care depends on dedicated professionals—and on having the tools they need to serve. Through the generosity of churches, individuals, and mission partners, Akwabia Hospital continues to strengthen its ability to diagnose illness, treat patients, and perform essential procedures.
From laboratory equipment that helps clinicians understand a patient’s condition to surgical equipment that makes needed procedures possible, each resource expands the care available to students, families, and surrounding villages. These gifts become practical instruments of healing and tangible expressions of Christian compassion.
Surgical Suite: The hospital’s surgical table helps make essential procedures available closer to rural communities Akwabia serves.
Care Closer to Home
Today Akwabia’s ministry extends beyond the Obong campus to individuals and families from surrounding communities. Its services are designed for the whole family, including adults, children, and expectant mothers.
In Nigeria, where families bear much of the cost of healthcare directly, both distance and expense can make treatment difficult to obtain. Akwabia helps address one part of that challenge by bringing compassionate medical care closer to the community it was established to serve.
Learn more about the medical services available at Akwabia Hospital and how the hospital responds to the healthcare needs of students, staff, and surrounding communities.
A Variety of Health Services are Made Available to the Surrounding Community
General Medical Care
Diagnosis and treatment of common illnesses, infections, and injuries affecting both adults and children. Patients receive evaluation, treatment plans, and follow-up care as needed.
Maternal and Child Health
Care for expectant mothers, including prenatal monitoring, delivery support, and postnatal care. Services also include treatment for infants and young children.
Laboratory Services
Basic laboratory testing to assist in diagnosis and treatment. These services help medical staff make informed decisions and provide appropriate care.
