{"id":287991,"date":"2017-01-25T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=287991"},"modified":"2017-01-25T11:00:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T11:00:03","slug":"focos-hospital-empowers-ghanaian-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/focos-hospital-empowers-ghanaian-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"FOCOS hospital empowers Ghanaian journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"
FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital opened up to 15 Ghanaian journalists last week to empower them on Orthopaedic healthcare delivery in sub-saharan Africa.<\/p>\n
Officially opened in 2012, FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital currently has a capacity of 50 beds, which can be expanded in future.<\/p>\n
The hospital, described as one of very few state-of-the-art, full service specialty hospitals in all of Africa, is equipped with two operating theatres, an outpatient clinic, laboratory, physiotherapy centre, radiology centre and patient wards.<\/p>\n
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It has facilities such as a state-of-the-art Surgical Theatre, Radiology, Laboratory, Pharmacy and Physiotherapy departments<\/p>\n
Founder and CEO of FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital, Prof Oheneba Boachie-Adjei said \u201cOrthopaedic surgery which involves operation on the musculoskeletal system, costs about $10,000 in Ghana compared to about $100,000 and though health insurance did not cover Orthopaedic healthcare delivery it was his wish that the government would pay at least 10% for Ghanaians in future.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was worried about the lack of advocacy for Orthopaedic healthcare in Ghana considering it being the fourth cause of death and disability in the world according to the WHO.<\/p>\n
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Credit: FOCOS Orthopaedic hospital<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital opened up to 15 Ghanaian journalists last week to empower them on Orthopaedic healthcare delivery in sub-saharan Africa. Officially opened in 2012, FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital currently has a capacity of 50 beds, which can be expanded in future. The hospital, described as one of very few state-of-the-art, full service specialty hospitals in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[3426,3427,3,3428],"yoast_head":"\n