Care Circle clinic launches in Surulere with 104 patients on day one

Care Circle officially launched this week! Over the past two weeks, we completed renovations, furnished the space, and set up the facility, trained staff on EMR technology, ran a community publicity campaign, and held our medical outreach launch event.

From day one, Care Circle has been running on an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system powered by Ajirmed, a Nigerian-based company. This system will help keep patient data secure, enable analysis and trend tracking, and reduce paper and filing costs. Ahead of launch, Care Circle’s medical team completed EMR training with Mr. Dipo, Ajirmed’s EMR expert. Nurses Benedeth and Sylvia trained alongside him to ensure smooth implementation.

• Number of patients helped: from 0 to 104 on launch day.

• The clinic space is fully furnished and set up to be ready on day one.

• Staff trained on EMR with Ajirmed and equipped from the start.

• Team shadowed staff at other AHA clinics to learn the “AHA way.”

• Community outreach on September 18th included door-to-door engagement, distribution of flyers, and traditional drumming in Surulere.

• An official launch event was held on September 20th, supported by volunteer nurses and physicians. In three hours, 104 patients received free primary care and health education, with additional patients redirected to return on Monday.

• The clinic transitioned into full daily operations on September 22nd.

Financials:

Renovation costs were largely as forecasted, with about 99% of phase 1 funding now utilised. As Care Circle moves into operations, we look forward to securing phase 2 funding to cover staff salaries and medications. This will allow Care Circle to directly serve an estimated 300–400 patients per month in Surulere with free primary healthcare.