New Medical Clinic Opens in Tinca, Romania After Ten Years of Prayer and Partnership
A new chapter has begun in Tinca, Romania.
For years, MANNA has been serving families in this Roma community through the local church, alongside nutrition centers and a school program that care for children and invest in their future. Those relationships matter because this clinic grew out of years of walking with this community, listening, serving, and seeing where the need was greatest.
Now, after ten years of work, a fully renovated medical clinic has opened in the heart of Tinca.
For many families in this community, medical care has been difficult to reach. The nearest hospital or clinic is more than forty five minutes away by car. For families without transportation, routine care can quickly become delayed care. Checkups, prenatal care, dental treatment, and other basic services have often been out of reach.
That is beginning to change.
What was once an abandoned building is now a place where families can receive care close to home, from trusted medical professionals, in a space built to serve them with dignity.
A Ten Year Journey
The story of this clinic began about a decade ago when MANNA was introduced to a property in Tinca that had originally been intended to become a medical facility. The building had been left abandoned after the organization behind it could no longer continue the project.
When MANNA first stepped inside, the challenge was obvious. Rain leaked through the roof. The interior needed a full rebuild. The building had sat untouched for years, and the vision for a clinic felt far off.
Still, the opportunity was there. With the right leadership, the right investment, and the right partners, the building could become what it had been meant to be from the beginning.
That decision started a long process of renovation, approvals, inspections, and regulatory work. Opening a licensed medical clinic in Romania required patience, persistence, and many trips to move the project forward.
Along the way, God provided the right partners.
Adrian and Lavinia Dreana, medical administrators in Romania, caught the vision for what the clinic could become. They partnered closely with MANNA, helping guide the project through local requirements, oversee construction, and carry the work forward on the ground. Through their leadership, and through the faithful support of people who gave and prayed, the vision slowly became reality.
Built for the Community
Today the building has been completely transformed into a modern medical clinic prepared to serve the people of Tinca and the surrounding area.
Families now have access to services that were previously difficult to reach, including:
• Family medicine
• Cardiology care and EKG testing
• Heart imaging and Doppler ultrasound
• Endocrinology care
• Thyroid and general ultrasound imaging
• Laboratory testing and blood work
• Physical therapy
• Prenatal care and ultrasounds
• Dental outreach clinics
Doctors from the nearby city of Oradea are already partnering with the clinic and traveling to Tinca to care for patients.
For the Roma community, this clinic carries real significance. It is the first clinic of its kind in a Roma community in Romania, and it is already drawing attention from healthcare leaders who see what this could mean for other underserved communities across the country.
Access to care affects everyday life in real ways. Healthy children are better able to stay in school. Parents are better able to work and care for their families. Mothers who receive prenatal care have a stronger chance of experiencing healthy pregnancies and healthy births. When care is available, families have a better chance to move forward with strength and stability.
Rooted in the Long Term Work Already Happening
The clinic also reflects the broader work already taking place in Tinca.
Through the local church, MANNA has already been investing in children and families through nutrition centers and a school program. Those ministries have built trust in the community and created a foundation for long term care. The clinic now becomes another part of that same story.
Children are being nourished. Students are being supported in their education. Families can now receive medical care in their own community. All of it works together to strengthen the lives of the people MANNA has been called to serve.
A Day of Celebration
The grand opening of the clinic was a joyful day for the whole community.
The celebration began with a dental outreach for children connected to MANNA’s nutrition centers. Doctors taught them how to care for their teeth, and each child received a dental kit to take home and use.
From there, the event moved outside, where more than two hundred people gathered.
Local government leaders, including the mayor of Tinca, joined representatives from the regional health board. Doctors, community leaders, MANNA team members, board members, and partners from the United States stood alongside families from the village.
There was live music, laughter, and songs from the children. Eleven speakers shared about the clinic and what it represents for the future. Among them were MANNA founder Bruce O’Neill, MANNA President Keith O’Neill, members of the MANNA Medical team, and Romanian partners who helped carry the project forward.
It was a strong beginning for a clinic that will serve this community for years to come.
What Your Partnership Made Possible
The clinic in Tinca did not come together quickly.
It took ten years of work. It took patience through delays, setbacks, and layers of complexity. It took people who believed this community was worth showing up for, year after year.
And it took faithful partners.
Because people gave, prayed, and stood with MANNA, families in Tinca now have access to care in their own community. Mothers can receive prenatal support. Children can grow up healthier. Families have a better chance to thrive.
The doors are open now.
And this story is still being written.