There are two main hospitals in Kumbo, which are widely known for the good quality of services they provide. They are: The St. Elizabeth Hospital Shisong and the Banso Baptist Hospital. Both hospitals have training schools for health personnel. St. Elizabeth Hospital presently has a Cardiac Centre that has already sponsored some cardiac patients in Italy for surgery. A School Of Surgeons has begun in Banso Baptist Hospital  known as the Pan African College of Christian Surgeons. This school will offer high quality training to would-be African surgeons.
 

Nonetheless, traditional medicine still plays a vital role in lives of the Kumbo people.  It transcends areas where modern medicine has actually failed to reach or has met with limitations.  The dual role played by some traditional doctors (herbalists and diviners) gives them an honorable position in society, for it is alleged that they do not only cure but also heal.  They serve a greater need especially where the patient cannot easily identify the cause of an ailment or cannot afford the high cost of modern medicine.  Some people believe there are illnesses that only traditional medicine can cure. Some visit the traditional doctor after having visited the hospitals in vain.  They turn to traditional medicine as their last hope.

Above all Kumbo is benefiting from a Mutual Health Fund organized by GTZ - Sante in collaboration with the Kumbo Council.  The fund will make people financially viable to purchase health services, by contributing money to the fund and obtaining a card with which they can be readily treated if they fall sick. A convention has therefore been signed with the Banso Baptist Hospital and the Shisong General Hospital, for people registered in the fund to go to any of these hospitals for health services. With this project, the health situation of the people of Kumbo has been improved.

The Mutual Health Fund has made the people of Kumbo financially viable to purchase health services by contributing money to the fund and obtaining a card, with which they can readily be treated if they fall sick. It has been noticed that most people do not go to the hospital because they do not have money. With the card people can be easily treated and the card can be given to somebody else to use. The first card one uses, gives him an advantage to have a bonus for a second level or second card. For example a credit card of 10,000 Frs gives a bonus of 5%. A convention of treatment will be put in place with the hospitals shortlist for the mutual health fund. (Shisong General Hospital and Banso Baptist Hospital) By the convention, there will be rules of treatment, guiding the doctor on what to do illnesses will be separated into levels, according to their gravity and there is a list of medications that the hospitals will have to accept. With the technical assistance of GTZ - sante, it is also envisaged that the two private hospitals will be given more assistance in the realm of specialist services, and easy access to drugs. People are also advised to register as a group to make it work more efficiently and contribute as a group to come up easily with a tangible sum.