Consultations, diagnostics, and management of cardiac conditions
Refractions, visual fields, cataract and glaucoma surgery, trauma repair, OCT, fundoscopy, and ocular procedures
Hernia repairs, laparotomy, appendectomy, spina bifida closure, burn management, and biopsies
This unit has an Internist who offers the following services in the hospital:
The Gynaecology and obstetric Unit has a Gynaecologist who provides the following services:
Hospital Administrator
Chief Medical Officer
Supervisor of Nursing Services
Ekoumdoum Baptist Hospital, formerly known as Ekounou Baptist Health Center, was established on February 22, 2007, following authorization by Cameroon’s Ministry of Public Health. Initially operating in Ekounou, the facility relocated to its permanent site in Ekoumdoum on March 18, 2018, marking a significant milestone in its growth and development.
As of September 30, 2025, the hospital boasts of a dedicated workforce of 278 staff members, including 13 Medical Doctors, 4 screeners, and 1 nurse practitioner. Among its medical professionals are, 1 Pediatric Surgeon, 1 Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, an Internist, an Ophthalmologist, 2 Dentists, a Cardiologist, a Pediatrician, a General Surgeon, an Oncologist and several General Practitioners.
The hospital performs pediatric surgeries from newborns to 17 years old children (including Orthopedic surgeries in children) as well as general surgeries for adults.
Ekoumdoum Baptist Hospital serves as a vital healthcare hub, offering both general and specialized medical services. With an average monthly patient influx of approximately 6,000 clients, the hospital caters for individuals from across the Center Region and beyond. Its strategic location—about 300 meters from Carrefour de l’Amitié (formerly known as Carrefour de la Mort), adjacent to College Petou, and directly opposite Pinnacle of Success Bilingual Academy on Awae Road—enhances its accessibility to patients from various communities
The Department provides consultations, diagnosis, and treatment of ENT/ORL conditions. Other services include:
Throat care for voice loss, sore throat, irritation, and foreign body removal and many others
The Laboratory runs 24/24 running diagnostic tests across 9 specialized units:
The Dental Department provides:
The clinic provides:
The Care and Treatment Centre offers:
The Eye Department provides:
The Pharmacy Department provides:
The Emergency Department manages:
In the paediatric department, we offer the following services:
The theatre has two operating rooms and a multipurpose room for all kinds of surgeries, equipped with advanced technology. The operating theatre performs both general and specialized procedures, including:
The equipment used in the facility include amongst others the following:
Services include:
The Social Services Department provides psychosocial and emotional support to patients and families. It handles:
The department provides care for patients with terminal illnesses such as cancers, cardiovascular diseases, neurogenic disorders. The services include:
Services include:
This program provides dietary counseling, health education, practical food demonstrations, menu planning, and nutrition feed formulation. It focuses on managing malnutrition and promoting healthy living. The department also processes soy powder (NIPSOYA), assesses nutritional status, and implements preventive strategies to improve community nutrition
Services include:
The Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) program helps patients know their blood pressure, blood sugar, BMI, and waist circumference to assess risks of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity. Patients diagnosed are followed up through hypertensive and diabetes clinics visits, education sessions, and community sensitization campaigns.
Services include:
When a patient is diagnosed in the Laboratory, the patient is sent to this unit for education, treatment and follow up for a period of six months: the services offered include:
The CBR program identifies and supports Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) through health, education, livelihood, social, and empowerment programs. Services include:
The Security Department operates 24/7 to ensure the safety of patients, staff, property, and information. Key roles include:
The Inclusive Day Care program caters for children with disabilities and children without disability of staff and the public by providing therapeutic exercises, proper nutrition, play, and basic preschool learning activities. Exercises include correct positioning, stretching, neck control, crawling, rolling, standing with frames or parallel bars, and dancing sports.
Children benefit from regular visits by ophthalmologists, mental health professionals, and nutritionists. The program is run by skilled staff from the Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR), Multiskilled Rehabilitation Technician (MRT), and Physiotherapy (PT) departments.
The Chaplaincy Department supports the spiritual well-being of staff and patients. Activities include Bible studies, daily devotions at the hospital chapel, prayer sessions with staff, and bedside devotions for patients in the Inpatient and Outpatient Department (OPD), wards, and antenatal clinics.
The chaplains provide counseling for patients with terminal illnesses, end-of-life care, premarital counselling, and marital counselling. They also work closely with doctors to support clients with chronic and terminal conditions. Choirs and gospel groups are often invited to minister in the wards and chapel. The department ensures that spiritual values are integrated into all hospital programs and activities. We further teach core values of the Healthsource through teachings. We carry out departmental retreats with planned days for each department of the hospital. We also do easter presentations, All Night Prayer Sessions twice each year, and run spiritual life committee of the hospital. Close collaboration with Etoug-Ebe Baptist church. We also do counseling with new staff to know their spiritual lives, marital status in order to help them better integrate into the system.
The Technical Services Department manages biomedical engineering, building, and construction needs.
The Maternity Unit offers:
The hospital operates two private wards for patients who prefer a more private and personalized service.
The hospital has several wards: men, women, children, Eye surgical ward, Isolation wards. Services include:
Ekoumdoum Baptist Hospital is found in Yaounde 4 Sub Division, Mfoundi Division of the Centre region of Cameroon. It is strategically located about 300 meters from Carrefour de l’Amitié (formerly known as Carrefour de la Mort), adjacent to College Petou, and directly opposite Pinnacle of Success Bilingual Academy on Awae Road, Yaoundé. It is found in Odza Health Area of the Odzia Health District.
Ekoumdoum Baptist Hospital
P.O. Box 2039 Grand Messa,Â
Yaounde, Centre Region, CameroonÂ
Tel: (Mobile) (+237) 677 25 57 57
           (+237) 675528381
 (Fixed): (+237) 222 30 62 27
