We build relationships with the hope of having a long-term presence in their livesMMI 500 is the vision for establishing 500 permanent health care facilities serving the poor around the world. Permanent centers provide an opportunity for ongoing health care to those in need as well as a consistent example of followers of Jesus Christ in a community, region, or country.
As we visit places on short-term trips, we build relationships with the community in hopes of having a long-term presence in their lives. With prayer and planning, these relationships can blossom into opportunities to construct a permanent center. When the building process for a new center begins, key leaders have been identified and local materials and labor are used in construction.
MMI 500 permanent centers address the medical needs of the poor and provide advanced training for medical doctors, hospital administrators, and technicians, as well as introductory training for nurses. Training national doctors and administrative staff for MMI 500 centers multiplies the reach of the medical care offered and the number of lives impacted.
The centers will support medical and surgical care for a minimum of 500,000 patients each year. The facilities will have state-of-the-art equipment to perform 90% of surgical procedures most frequently needed by the indigent. Each center will be operated as a locally owned, not-for-profit corporation with MMI representation on each Board of Directors. Periodic visits by MMI teams will provide ongoing encouragement and help with any surgical backlog. Local staff will provide ongoing patient care and day-to-day administration.
MMI 500 Permanent Centers
- Armenia Clinic – Kapan, Armenia
- Caspian Compassion Project- Baku, Azerbaijan
- Santo Domingo Center- San Jose, Costa Rica
- Laser Center- San Jose, Costa Rica
- Elias Santana Hospital- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Hospital de Esperanza- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Laser Center- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Centro Cristiano de Servicios Medicos (CCSM)-Milagro, Ecuador
- Centro Cristiano de Servicios Humanitarios de Honduras (CCSHH)- El Progreso, Honduras
- Project India- Mori Village, India
- Instituto de la Vision del Oceano Indico- Antananarivo, Madagascar
- Instituto de la Vision Baja California- Ensenada, Mexico
- Instituto de Oftalmologia, Roberto E. Hopkins- Universidad de Montemorelos, Montemorelos, Mexico
- Instituto de la Vision del Sureste- Tabasco, Mexico
Elias Santana Downloadable Forms
- Folleto descriptivo del Hospital Elías Santana (PDF)
- Aplicación para Residencia en Oftalmología (Español)
- Aplicación para Residencia en Oftalmología (Inglés)
- Aplicación para Asistente Oftálmico
