Rebecca Foundation presents medical supplies to Hospitals in Accra

By Lydia Kukua Asamoah, GNA

Accra, March 26, GNA - The Rebecca Foundation in collaboration with B.R.A.I.N Project, Global Outreach Consortium, Future of Africa Foundation and GCB Bank, has made separate donations of medical supplies to the Ridge Hospital and the La General Hospital in Accra.

The cost of the equipment valued at more than USD 3,734 were presented to the two health facilities in Accra on behalf of the Rebecca Foundation, founded by the First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo and the B.R.A.I.N. Project by Dr. Nana Yaw Appiah and Dr. Jean Louis Benae, Co-Founders of the B.R.A.I.N Project.

This adds to the number of health-focused humanitarian interventions undertaken by the Rebecca Foundation and its Partners.

They included Neurosurgery Operating Microscopes, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Implants, Cranial Access Kits, Respiratory Ventilators, Pedriatic Stretchers, Hospital Beds, Anesthesia Kits, Examination Gloves, Crutches, Exam Tables, Walkers, Catheter Kits, Surgery Kits, Oxygen Masks, Alcohol Prep Pads, Hospital Drapes, wound dressings, and SHARPS containers.

Others are Neck Braces, Assorted Orthopaedic Knee and Wrist Braces, Syringes, Walking Boots, Pedriatric Emergency System, and Central Line Insertion Kits.         

Meanwhile, the Rebecca Foundation and the B.R.A.I.N. Project as part of the "Restoring Hope Initiative”, invited a 40-member team of doctors and medical professionals from Germany and the United States of America to undertake varying degrees of health screening across the country.

The team visited and worked at the St. Michael's Hospital, near Kumasi, the Tamale General Hospital to serve the three Northern Regions, the La General Hospital, and Ridge Hospital in Accra.

During the health screening exercises, citizens who were identified to be in need of critical surgical attention were referred and transported to the Ridge Hospital in Accra, where all the surgical operations were undertaken at no expense to them.

Procedures performed included to Hydrocephalus Surgery, Posterior Spinal Fusion with Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF), Anterior Cervical Fusion and Decompression, and Cervical Spine Corpectomy.

The rest are Orthopedic Fracture Reconstruction, Complex Hand Deformity Surgeries, Excision of Upper Extremity Tumors, Tissue Reconstruction with Skin Grafts, and correction of Dupuytrens Contractor.

So far, the team has performed more than 25 complex surgeries in neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, and general surgery on patients comprising children and adults.  

The Rebecca Foundation has since it’s establishment in 2017, championed the health needs of mothers and children in the country.

It recently built an ultra-modern Mother and Baby unit at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi with other projects currently ongoing across the country.

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