With 100 beds, St Martin’s serves as the referral hospital for a wide area with a population of 140,000. It is 60 miles from Kumasi. The hospital is a specialist centre for the treatment of Buruli ulcers and receives Government funds for this part of its work - though payments are often delayed. As well as general medical and surgical services there are projects helping HIV/AIDS orphans and a small HIV/AIDS support group. Inter Care has been helping this hospital continuously since 1975.
During a visit by Inter Care in September 2010, we saw a set of 2 week old twins who weighed 1.3 and 1.6 kg at birth and were 10 weeks premature. Despite the lack of facilities and equipment, they were doing well. They have the usual illnesses to contend with along with a number of poison cases due to the use of agricultural chemicals. They are very grateful for Inter Care's support.