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Korle Bu to be
kidney transplant center by 2009
Accra, Aug 6, Ghanadot/GNA – Kidney transplant services would begin
next year at
the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Discussions are also underway to establish a National Kidney
Centre at the hospital next year to cater for the increasing
number of kidney patients in the country.
Dr. Charlotte Osafo, Head of Kidney Foundation at the Korle
Bu Teaching Hospital, made the disclosure at a ceremony on
Wednesday in Accra when Barclays Bank presented four cheques
for GH¢ 32,000 to four centres, College of Health Sciences,
Ghana Heart Foundation, Kidney Foundation and the
Cardiothoracic Centre of the Hospital.
Dr. Osafo said the four kidney centres that the country
currently had were inadequate to cater for the increasing
number of people suffering from kidney related problems.
She therefore appealed to other corporate organizations to
emulate the gesture of Barclays Bank to support the
Foundation in its efforts to establish the centre.
Mrs Shola Safo Duodu, Head of Corporate Affairs, Barclays
Bank, who presented the cheque, said the bank believed in
investing in the communities of its operation.
She said the presentation was in appreciation of the
provision of essential services by the centres in saving
lives.
Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, Professor Andrew Anthony
Adjei and Dr Charlotte Osafo, Heads of the Ghana Heart
Foundation, College of Health Sciences and the Kidney
Foundation respectively received a cheque for GH¢10,000 each
on behalf of their institutions, while Professor
Frimpong-Boateng, received a cheque for GH¢2,000 for the
Cardiothoracic Centre.
GNA
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