Tommy Titcombe and his wife (a British-born Canadian Missionary), on behalf of the Serving In Mission (SIM) from the United States, Canada, and the UK, who served in Egbe and Yagba land from 1908 for more than a decade, this has left a positive impact on the people of Egbe, Yagba and Nigeria at large.

He came to Egbe at a time when West Africa was considered a white man's grave due to the existence of malaria.

'Oyinbo' Egbe as Rev Titcombe was fondly called was used by God to start a large and healthy church in Yagba land that continues until this day.

Tommy Titcombe married Ethel McIntosh in 1915; this union brought about a turning point in the history of the hospital.

At that time Yagbas (this is what people from Egbe and surrounding communities are called) believed that a woman who gave birth to twins was something less than human and they wouldn't let them live in the village any longer.

Consequently, Ethel (Tommy's wife) was able to save the twins and the woman from being put to death, though there was resistance from the people, but for God's intervention.

Campion and his wife, who returned home in 1958, marked the transition of the hospital to one of the largest, most popular, and most successful in Kogi State and Nigeria.