Mission and Core Values
Our Mission
At the Christina Adcock and Sons Christian
Hospital we shall recognize the value of every
person and shall be guided by our commitment to friendliness and
excellence. We shall demonstrate this by:
Balancing the continued commitment to the care of the poor and those most in need with the provision of highly specialized services to a broader community.
Building a work environment where each person is valued, respected and has an opportunity for personal and professional growth.
Advancing excellence in health services education.
Fostering a culture of discovery in all of our activities and supporting exemplary health sciences research.
Establish relationships with universities, colleges, other hospitals, agencies and our community.
Demonstrating social responsibility through the just use of our resources.
Our Core Values
At the Christina Adcock & Sons Christian Hospital we shall recognize the value of every person and shall be guided by our commitment to friendliness and excellence. We shall demonstrate this by:
Character - This requires one's ethics to be without question.
Attitude - The quality of always making
the choice of being positive.
Teach-ability - Being able to take
information given to you and then being able to put that knowledge
into action.
Communication - Sharing knowledge and
ideas in order to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to
others.
Humility - Knowing your strengths and
weaknesses yet living without arrogance.
Unity - Putting others ahead of your
own personal gain.
Commitment - The enemy of resistance;
making a serious promise to press on and continue with confidence.
Ateiku Facts
The Ateiku community is in the Western Region of Ghana, Africa.
It is two (2) hours, thirty (30) minutes drive from Tarkwa, the nearest City because of the bad road network. The nearest hospital is in Tarkwa and you can just imagine driving a sick person in an emergency situation under these circumstances.
The people in Ateiku are mostly farmers. They cultivate cassava, plantain, corn and yam. Their farm implements are mainly a hoe and cutlass under this modern age of mechanized farming. As a result of this tedious farm work the life expectancy in the community are 54 years for the female and 52 years for the male.
The main diseases that affect the community are. Cholera, malaria fever, typhoid fever, TB, tetanus, hepatitis B and other endemic Africa diseases.
There are fifty-two communities in the Ateiku area, which has no access to healthcare of any kind. The people in the area live below the poverty line at only one dollar a day.
