{"id":198112,"date":"2016-03-11T12:02:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T12:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=198112"},"modified":"2016-03-11T12:02:42","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T12:02:42","slug":"vr-minister-commissions-dialysis-unit-for-regional-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=198112","title":{"rendered":"V\/R Minister commissions dialysis unit for regional hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Madam Helen Adjoa Ntoso, the Volta Regional\u00a0Minister, on Thursday commissioned a dialysis unit for the Volta\u00a0Regional Hospital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The commissioning coincided with the celebration of the World\u00a0Kidney Day and provides the hospital the capacity to manage and treat kidney\u00a0failure and other kidney related ailments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The four NIPRO Surdial 55+dialysis machines worth 50,000\u00a0dollars were donated to the hospital by D.Med Healthcare AG Limited, following appeals by the Asogli Queenmothers\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74015\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-74015\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mrs-Helen-Ntoso-1024x872.jpg\" alt=\"Mrs Helen Ntoso is Volta Regional Minister. \" width=\"620\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mrs-Helen-Ntoso-1024x872.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mrs-Helen-Ntoso-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mrs-Helen-Ntoso.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mrs Helen Ntoso is Volta Regional Minister.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ghana Oil Company Limited, (GOIL) also provided a water\u00a0treatment machine at a cost of GHc 28,000.00 for the facility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Joseph Nuertey, the Volta Regional Director of Health Services, said lack of a dialysis unit at the hospital caused the death of\u00a0many people and was happy the with the arrival of the machine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He asked the public to show great compassion to people living\u00a0with kidney related ailments, saying, \u201cThey need good care and love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr John Tampuori, the Medical Director, Volta Regional Hospital, revealed to\u00a0the media that the hospital used to refer about\u00a0nine patients every month to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for kidney\u00a0related ailments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that this new dialysis unit would help improve healthcare\u00a0delivery in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madam Helen Adjoa Ntoso, the Volta Regional\u00a0Minister, on Thursday commissioned a dialysis unit for the Volta\u00a0Regional Hospital. The commissioning coincided with the celebration of the World\u00a0Kidney Day and provides the hospital the capacity to manage and treat kidney\u00a0failure and other kidney related ailments. 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