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| A patient being prepared for the Surgery |
The Ghana Reconstruction of
Anomaly and Trauma Fund popularly referred to as the GRAFT Foundation , a
non-governmental charity medical organisation, as part of its Hope Projects, have restored the lives of 106 underprivileged
persons in the Volta region, who were suffering from various medical deformities
and complicated anomalies acquired from birth or accident.
The NGO led by its founder
Dr. Kwame Abrokwaa Yankyera with his team of volunteer Ghanaian Plastic
Surgeons, Anesthetics, Urologists, Orthodontists and Nurses conducted free
Reconstructive Plastic Surgeries on patients (including babies), some of whom
travelled from Kete-Krachie, Dambai, Nkwanta and other parts of the region to
the Volta Regional Hospital in Ho.
The exercise which begun on
August1-9th, saw the team work tirelessly to rectify anomalies such as, Cleft lip and Palate, Burn related
complications, (Ectropion and Contracture) Syndactaly (fused fingers), Tumours
and Swellings as well as Genital Filariasis (Abnormal Swelling of the Scrotum).
Dr. Kwame Abrokwaa Yankyera,
who is also head of the Plastic Surgery and Burns department of the 37 Military
Hospital in an exclusive Whatsapp message to this reporter, said ‘We finished surgeries (with the 106th
person) on Saturday, 9th August at exactly 4:19PM.. We take glory
not in the numbers but giving hope to these people and making them productive
again, all to the glory of God’.
