Since the district hospital was upgraded to a regional satellite hospital, care provision indicators have improved. These changes have helped to reduce the number of patients needing to be transferred to other centers, particularly given the region’s poor road network.
According to Dr Nelson Fuh Njinyam, the facility’s director, this healthcare center is now one of the busiest in the Mayo-Banyo department, where it has established itself as a leading facility. A range of conditions are treated on site, sparing families the additional expense of long journeys to Bafoussam or Ngaoundéré. This is good news for the families of patients who come here to care for their sick loved ones.
According to figures for the first half of 2026, 30 caesarean sections were performed, whereas the facility had planned to carry out 12. The same applies to births, which rose to 314 compared with the 116 expected. This increase is linked to the Health Voucher, one of the packages under Universal Health Cover. ‘With the Health Voucher, women are normally expected to start their care at health centers. They only come here if there are complications.’
“We were expecting 116, but we ended up with 452 women,” explains Dr Nelson Fuh Njinyam. As more and more women are giving birth in hospital, birth registrations are following suit. Consequently, during the first six months of 2026, 167 new births were registered with the relevant department. Just over 2,600 surgical procedures were carried out during the same period. This exceeds forecasts by more than 200 per cent. The hospital team remained committed to the fight against HIV. Screening tests were organized, reaching 1,448 people. Although significant, these figures are lower than forecast. In this department of the Adamaoua region, local people are placing increasing trust in this healthcare facility. “We are lucky to have staff who are available and listen to us. In time, we will have
everything that people in the big cities have. We will be able to receive treatment here,” says a resident of Banyo.The conversion of the former district hospital into a regional satellite hospital is, in the view of many people, a relief to more than a few. What remains is to increase staffing levels and bring other services, such as the CT scanner, into operation to ensure the facility is operating at its best.
