Twenty-eight (28) people with severe burns have successfully undergone free reconstructive surgery to correct their post-burn deformities at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi.<\/p>\n
The surgery was performed by a team of plastic and reconstructive surgeons from the United States (US).<\/p>\n
They were in Ghana as part of a health outreach project of the Restore Mission, a US-based non-governmental health organization.<\/p>\n
Dubbed \u201cRestore KATH Humanitarian Mission 2016\u201d, the goal was to bring relief to needy and underprivileged burnt victims.<\/p>\n
Dr. Oheneba Owusu Danso, Consultant and Head of the referral facility\u2019s plastic and reconstructive surgery, told journalists that the exercise started, last month.<\/p>\n
He said many more people could have benefitted from the free surgical treatment but for the constraints of inadequate equipment.<\/p>\n
He therefore made an appeal to the government and corporate entities to do more to provide the hospital with state-of-the-art medical equipment to enhance its capacity to efficiently handle complicated cases.<\/p>\n
Dr. Danso indicated that quality healthcare could be achieved only through deliberate effort and massive investment by the government.
\nThe health facilities needed to be adequately resourced, he added.<\/p>\n
Dr. Michael K. Obeng, Founder of Restore Mission, underscored the need to step up public education on the effects of burns and how to significantly reduce such incidents.<\/p>\n
Parents must be vigilant to protect children from fire, he counseled, adding that acid attacks on people must also stop.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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