The McNutts in 1948.
Front: Gayle,
Second row l-r: Mel, Marita F.
Third row l-r: David, Marita J., Dennis
The medical center began in 1949 as a mother/child clinic, commissioned by the Foreign Missions Department of the Assemblies of God, Springfield, Mo. The first building was built by Melvin Mc Nutt. The Mc Nutts were the first white family to live in Saboba.
The hospital grew over the years under the leadership of the following staff:
Mel and Marita Mc Nutt 1948- May 1949
Ruby Johnson 1949-1953
Ozella Reid 1949-1953
Ann Symonds , RN 1953-1954
Becky Davison, RN 1953-1954
Naomi, RN, Dewey Hale 1953-1955
Helen Kopp , RN 1954- Jan 1957
Charlese Spencer , RN 1954- Oct 1954- Oct 1957
Ruby Johnson, RN 1957-1973
Penny Scott, RN 1958-1961
Eloise Smith, RN 1958-1977
Ann Symonds, RN 1960-1977
Becky Davison, RN 1960-1977
Charlese Spencer, RN 1967-1971
Ann Fisher, RN 1968-1971
Jean Webster, RN 1975-1978
Jeanette Boteler , RN 1978
SMC was closed 1978 -1981
John Goodwin 1981-1993
Joseph Wumbee 1981- present
Sam Dunyo, MD First Doctor 1991
Jean Young, MD 1992-1996
Charles Talan, R.N. 1992-1996
Mercy Obeng, RN 1994-2004
Gert Blauw, MD and Gerda Blauw RN 1996-2001
Stephen Ogbordjor, MD 1997
Heinrich Blum , MD 2001-2002
Jean Young, MD 2004- Present
Lord Conrad M.A. 2008
From its humble beginnings The Saboba Medical Centre has become a significant medical institution and is now the Regional District hospital for the Saboba - Cheriponi region of Northern Ghana. It has grown to a sixty bed hospital, a Primary Health Care Clinic, an Out patient Clinic, a laboratory, and a pharmacy.
1949 First Clinic
A World War II surplus building donated to the Assemblies of God. Built by Leonard McNutt.
Saboba 1949 Mrs. Mc Nutt with a patient. 
Some of the very first patients treated at the Clinic.
These ulcers were caused by Yaws
The Regional doctor gave Mrs. Mc Nutt directions as to how to treat the wounds. She also treated patients during the spinal meningitis epidemic in 1948. Marita Joy, age 12, helped prepare the detol solution for cleaning the wounds.
1948 Saboba Market Merchant
1948 Mrs. McNutt at the Saboba Market buying meat.
