{"id":114492,"date":"2015-05-07T14:53:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T14:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=114492"},"modified":"2015-05-07T14:55:20","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T14:55:20","slug":"operation-smile-performs-surgeries-for-90-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/operation-smile-performs-surgeries-for-90-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Smile performs surgeries for 90 children"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over the past two weeks, Operation Smile has been working in Cape Coast, Ghana, where they, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, evaluated over 400 patients and performed 90 surgeries from April 13 through April 17, 2015.<\/p>\n
“Patient turnout for the Cape Coast mission exceeded expectations – the great team of volunteers handled every challenge calmly and tactfully,\u201d said Director of the Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burn Centre, Dr. Opoku Ampomah.<\/p>\n
\u201cNinety families were full of Smiles at the end of the week. I pray we will be able to return in the near future to put smiles on the faces of the many patients who, unfortunately, we were unable to treat on this mission. I am grateful to Operation Smile for the opportunity to serve my kinsmen.”<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks to our diligent patient recruitment partners, we now know that there is a significant need for continuous cleft-care in the Ghanaian population,\u201d said Operation Smile Program Coordinator Molly Milroy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe deeply appreciate the support of various organizations that spread the awareness such as Seven Day Adventist, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church of Pentecost, Presbyterian Church, Pentecostal and Charismatic Council,\u00a0 Assembly of God, Apostolic Church of Ghana, Behasun Integrated Develpment, Firm Health Ghana Foundation, Renel Ghana Foundation, Hype and Ricerca e cooperazione.\u201d<\/p>\n
Members of the Operation Smile team were from Canada, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.<\/p>\n
\u201cCape Coast Teaching Hospital was a model hospital for us to partner with,\u201d said Operation Smile Program Coordinator Francis Gadegbekou. \u201cThey provided a space for us to work in and also gave us nursing and administrative support.\u201d<\/p>\n