As I mentioned in the last post, my financial situation has restricted me since I moved to Canada. In April, I had to cut the number of clinics per week from three down to one. The patients still receive free care, but I just cannot continue that level of financial support from my personal funds. I have also stopped the trauma support groups since April due to these concerns. Below, I will break down the costs to run the clinic since reducing the number of weekly clinic days.
- Rent of property: 35,000 KES—unchanged [$270.48 USD]
- Kenyan medical license leasing (from a local doc who works at the clinic): 20,000 KES per month—unchanged [$154.56 USD]
- Pay for Kenyan doc per clinic: 5,000 KES—unchanged on a per clinic basis [$38.64 USD x4 for a month=$154.56/month]
- Patient transport: 500 KES per patient—unchanged on per patient basis (ranged from 5,500 KES for 11 patients to 16,000 KES for 32 per clinic in the last couple of months). The 32-patient clinic was an outlier. The average number of patients for once weekly clinics has been 16. So, 8,000 KES or$ 61.82 USD per week, [$247.28 USED per month].
- Medications and supplies: approximately 46,000 KES [$355.49 USD]
- Rudimentary EMR: 5,000 KES per month—unchanged [$38.64 USD]
- Wifi: 3,000KES/month—unchanged [$23.18 USD]
- Utilities: approximately 6,000 KES [$46.37 USD]
- Assistance with food for person staying al clinic location for safety and security of clinic: approximately 15,000 KES per month—unchanged [$115.92 USD].
- Permitting and clinic licensing fees: 20,050 per YEAR (20,050/12 = 1,670.83 KES [$12.91 USD] per month)—unchanged
- County permit and license for clinic: 25,000KES per YEAR (25,000/12= 2,083.33 KES [$16.10 USD] per month)–unchanged
Total/month=$1435.49
When holding three clinics per week I spend more for doctor’s wages, patient transport, and medications and supplies. Those have been:
- Doc’s wages: 5,000 KES x 3/week x 4 weeks/month=60k/month KES [$463.86 USD/month]
- Patient transport has previously run an average of 84,000 KES /month [$649.15 USD]
- Medications and Supplies: 60,000 KES/month [$324.58 USD]
This makes a difference of 106,000 KES or $819.17 USD per month.
I hope to resume clinics three times per week when financially able to do so. This could occur more quickly, of course, with additional tax-deductible support from readers like you! Thanks for all of your support!
