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Qatar, UGMC support 35 needy children to undergo heart surgeries
Dr Darius Osei right and Abdulaziz Jassim Hejji,Director of Programmes
and International Development,Qatar Charity at the programme.
At least 35 needy children suffering from congenital heart diseases have undergone surgeries at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC).
Congenital heart diseases are abnormalities in the heart that develop before birth.
The beneficiaries, aged between three months and 17 years, had the surgeries within a period of one week and it ends today, August 12, 2023.
The operation is expected to cost about $3,000 to $5,000.
The programme, sponsored by Qatar Charity, an International Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), was in collaboration with UGMC.
Launching the programme in Accra, the Country Director of Qatar Charity, Mr Hassan Owda, noted that the UGMC had facilities to start the programme to pave way for more children to be given treatment.
He said that Qatar Charity had since 2018 implemented projects in water and sanitation, health, culture, education, economic and housing, among others.
Mr Owda stressed the need to maintain good relationship with the Qatar charity and UGMC for more collaboration in the future.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UGMC, Dr Darius Osei, said the initiative would promote an exchange programme among doctors and nurses of Qatar charity and UGMC.
He also noted the initiative would support needy children who were burdened with the cost of treatment, and called on the health practitioners to offer their support to the operations.
Mr Darius Osei commended officials of the Qatar Charity for the initiatives and assured them of thier continious support to help them achieve thier goals.
Qatar Charity was established in 1992 for the development and sustainability of needy communities.
Almost over four decades, Qatar Charity has grown to become one of the largest humanitarian and developmental organisations in the world, providing lifesaving assistance to those hit by conflicts, persecution and natural disasters, and creating durable solutions to poverty using sustainable development programmes.
By Anita Nyarko-Yirenkyi