Hospital & Medical Outreach
General Hospitals · Island Maternity Hospital · Orthopaedic Hospital, Lagos
In 2012, the KUTH Foundation carried hope — literally — through the wards of Lagos public hospitals. Volunteers in white polo shirts bearing the words "Keep Up The Hope" walked bed to bed, settling outstanding medical bills, placing crutches in waiting hands, and wheeling donated wheelchairs to patients who had none. It was the beginning of what would grow into a permanent, five-times-a-year outreach programme.
The outreach covered three categories of hospital — General Hospitals across Lagos, Island Maternity Hospital, and the Orthopaedic Hospital — each with a distinct focus shaped by the needs of the patients inside.
We pick up bills of out-patients, particularly those involved in accidents, who have given birth or persons with special cases requiring our financial assistance.
In the Orthopaedic hospitals, we provide crutches and wheelchairs.
In Maternity wards we aid pregnant and nursing mothers without adequate care who are most times abandoned, and babies with special medical needs.
At the General Hospitals and Island Maternity, KUTH's model was direct: volunteers met with ward nurses, reviewed outstanding patient accounts, and settled bills on the spot — freeing people who had recovered but could not leave until their debt was cleared. For accident victims, new mothers, and patients with complex cases, KUTH's presence often meant the difference between going home that day or remaining detained for weeks.
At the Orthopaedic Hospital, the approach shifted from financial to physical. KUTH volunteers brought donated wheelchairs — each stamped "Donated by KUTH Foundation" — and pairs of crutches to patients recovering from fractures, amputations, and mobility injuries.
Event Summary
Year
2012
Location
Lagos State, Nigeria
Focus
Health & Welfare
Hospitals Visited
General Hospitals, Island Maternity, Orthopaedic Hospital
This marked the beginning of KUTH's permanent medical outreach programme, now running 5x per year.
Hospitals Visited
Each hospital category had distinct needs that shaped our approach
General Hospitals
Bills cleared for out-patients, especially accident victims and those with financial hardship.
Island Maternity Hospital
Financial relief for mothers and newborns detained due to outstanding delivery bills.
Orthopaedic Hospital
Wheelchairs and crutches donated directly to patients with mobility injuries.
"For the General Hospitals and Island Maternity, we pick up bills of out-patients — particularly those involved in accidents, who have given birth, or persons with special cases requiring our financial assistance."— KUTH Foundation Medical Outreach Programme
Our Impact
Tangible support delivered directly to patients in need
Wheelchairs Donated
To Orthopaedic Hospital patients
Crutches Distributed
Ward-by-ward delivery
Medical Bills Cleared
Across multiple hospitals
Photo Gallery
Moments from the 2012 Medical Outreach across Lagos hospitals
Wheelchairs and crutches ready for distribution
Lagos Island Maternity Hospital entrance
KUTH team and hospital staff with donated wheelchairs
Wheelchair donation presentation to hospital staff
KUTH team presenting medical bill clearance cheque
KUTH volunteers and maternity nurse in Island Maternity ward
Volunteers in Keep Up The Hope shirts on hospital stairwell
KUTH volunteers during hospital ward rounds
Founder with hospital matron coordinating ward visit
Volunteers engaging with patients bedside
Team members comforting patient in ward
Nurse positioning wheelchair for patient
Keep Up The Hope volunteer wheeling patient through ward
Volunteer assisting patient with new wheelchair
Volunteer presenting crutches to patient at bedside
Patient fitted with new crutches in Orthopaedic ward
Crutches delivered to female patient recovering from surgery
Patient grateful for donated crutches
Volunteer handing crutches to patient with leg in traction
Female patient resting with newly received crutches
Patient on bed receiving crutches from volunteer
Volunteer greeting patient in red shirt at bedside
Handshake of hope between volunteer and patient
KUTH team encouraging patient during recovery
Volunteer with patient as another team member looks on
Smiling patient in red shirt holding crutches with joy
Happy patient with volunteer after receiving crutches
Young woman smiling during hospital visit
The KUTH Foundation Medical Outreach has run consistently since 2012, visiting public hospitals across Lagos up to five times per year. Interventions include financial debt clearance for detained patients, distribution of wheelchairs and mobility aids, and direct support to accident victims, mothers, and patients with special circumstances.