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The Nazarene Hospital at Kudjip is part of Nazarene Health Ministries, a ministry of the Church of the Nazarene International. The ministries of our hospital serve to show God’s love and care for all people.

Nazarene General Hospital, formerly Kudjip Nazarene Hospital, is located in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. We are a mission hospital operated by the Church of the Nazarene that has served the people of PNG since 1967. We have over 230 staff from all areas of PNG serving as healthcare workers alongside missionary physicians and administrators. In 2017 we were officially recognized as a Provincial Hospital by the Papua New Guinean government. We are involved in training our own nursing students, as well as PNG medical students, Rural and Remote Medicine Doctors, and providing international rotations for Christian residents and medical students from all over the world!

Whether it is one-time or monthly, large or small, every gift contributes to all we do. Here are some recent examples of ways we have used your gifts to the Greatest Needs Fund to show God’s love to the people of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea:
Paid for overseas containers, customs, and shipping – this brought in what would have been millions of dollars worth of medicine and equipment if it was purchased… but it was donated by partners for free!
Purchased chemicals for the lab analyzers
Purchased x-ray films and chemicals
Funded staff spiritual life retreats
Purchased urgent medicine when we run out of government supply of critical medicines (examples: treatment for meningitis and other severe infections, anti-seizure medicines, Parkinson medicines, pain medicines, and more)
Assisted patients in need who can’t afford treatment
Purchased skin staplers and sutures for surgery
Purchased exam gloves, sterile gloves, gauze

The Greatest Needs Fund is absolutely essential to our ministry. Government supplies and funds are often insufficient. The needs are great. Living in a developing country, we run out of medicines, equipment breaks and is either expensive or impossible to fix, we see patients who can’t afford care, we struggle to keep staff housed, etc., but because churches and individuals give to the Nazarene Hospital Greatest Needs Fund, we are able to continue to function in this place. We fix broken machines, buy equipment others don’t have, order lab reagents, pay for shipping on donated medicines from Nazarene Hospital Foundation and other ministry partners, and contribute to the spiritual well-being of our staff. With our dedicated Christian staff and missionaries, we have a reputation in PNG for providing the best healthcare in the country.

Thank you for your support for Nazarene Health Ministries in Papua New Guinea!