Northern Ghana receives life-saving dialysis machines, but urgently needs personnel
Ghana Medical Help (GMH), a Canadian-Ghanaian charity, officially presented 17 state-of-the-art Fresenius 5008 dialysis machines and specialised imaging systems to hospitals in the Upper West and Upper East Regions. The Upper West Regional Hospital received seven new machines, alongside endoscopy, colonoscopy, and bronchoscopy systems. St. Theresa's Catholic Hospital in Nandom received three dialysis units. Dr. Mark Padmore Awudi, Acting Medical Superintendent of St. Theresa's Catholic Hospital, revealed that institutional data indicates 40 percent of all dialysis patients travelling to the Regional Hospital in Wa originate from the Nandom enclave. He disclosed, "Apart from the financial burden they face, they have to wake up very early at dawn, sometimes at 1:00 AM, to catch the Metro Mass transit bus just to receive dialysis at Wa and then return."
Hospital administrators are sounding an alarm, stating the equipment risks sitting idle without an urgent influx of medical personnel and local funding. Dr. Awudi noted that the new centre will drastically reduce waiting times and save patients, including children, from developing permanent chronic kidney disease.
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Kidney patients in Northern Ghana have long endured arduous journeys for life-saving dialysis, a situation a Canadian-Ghanaian charity is now
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