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Ghana & The World Cup? Print
Written by Administrator   
Thursday, 01 July 2010 21:38

Korle-Bu is excited about the World Cup as Ghana marches on to play Uruguay.

With Ghana being the only African team left in this world tournament, the excitement continues to mount.

Go ... Ghana ... Go!!!

Read more from www.ghanafa.org.

Last Updated on Friday, 02 July 2010 18:57
 
MEDICAL MISSION REPORTS PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ron Goyette   
Saturday, 28 November 2009 17:46

November 27, 2009

Research Report Summary by Lisa D. Cain, PhD

Purpose of Mission

This report provides the details of my participation in the West Africa medical mission trip to Accra, Ghana from November 14-19, 2009. The mission trip consisted of an international team from the Korle-Bu Neuroscience Foundation [KBNF], Pro-Health International and Doctors for United Medical Missions. The purpose of the mission was to support the development of the Korle-Bu Neuroscience Centre of Excellence [KBNCE] as a resource for West Africa. This mission also provided an opportunity for local physicians and health care team members to enhance their skills, provided support for patients who were desperately in need of neurosurgery, and supported the mission of the KBNF, establishing the Korle-Bu Neuroscience Centre of Excellence as a leading treatment, training and research centre for West Africa. The mission consisted of a clinical, education and research component.

Last Updated on Friday, 26 February 2010 21:15
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MEDICAL MISSION UPDATE PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ron Goyette   
Tuesday, 24 November 2009 15:54

November 23, 2009

Report from Jocelyne Lapointe

It was almost impossible to use email from Nigeria as the service was either very slow or off. We were up at 5am and not back at the hotel till 8 or 9pm. Pro-Health took very good care of us, providing 5 armed police at all times (with tear gas grenades). We made new friends at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital. The neurosurgeon and nurses built the neurosurgery ward themselves, in an unused portion of the hospital over the last three years. The surgeon, his family , an anesthetist and four nurses came from this hospital to spend the next week with the team  at KBTH, to continue their learning. The surgeon got his first day off in 3 years that way, when the team went to Cape Coast last Sunday.
The Americans were wonderful to work with. It was difficult to stop them from starting a case late in the day, they were so gung ho.
However, they did decide that some cases were not safe to operate on, because of the local post-op care available. One little girl from Ghana will be sent to Atlanta to get her surgery; it was too dangerous to do in Accra. This is being arranged by Dr King and Dr Johns (an anesthetist from Johns Hopkins whose brother is the CEO of Emory University in Atlanta).
Brad Ratel did the filming in Nigeria and Melissa in Ghana. Only Brad and Nicole Wu (the Vancouver student from McGill) got ill, probably from food poisoning in Accra. Nicole left on Saturday with all the Americans.
The challenges at KBTH were a bit different. One day, the hospital did not have water, so there was a delay in getting the instruments sterilized, delaying surgeries. The ventilators and microscopes and the C-arm are all operational (thanks to Anders, who was a Godsend) and were in use. A new ICU next to Neurosurgery ORs in now operational also. The hotel in Accra is very comfortable.
Lisa Cain had a very productive 5 days, meeting many people about research projects.
Tonight is the reception at the Canada High Commission with Darren Schemmer. It is Marj's birthday too today. We are spending the rest of the week doing KBNF work though Carrie (the nurse who works with Marj at VGH) went to see last week's patients today.
I will be doing finances today. It turned out that the travelers cheques cannot be cashed in Nigeria and very difficult to do in Ghana. Seth's son-in-law is helping us today in this regard, as a higher up in the Fidelity Bank.
We have lots of photos and film to show on our return.
Lack of time, fatigue and poor internet are the reasons you have not been getting updates on the trip. Emeka has been getting evryone's photos, for future use, in any event.

 

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 November 2009 16:04
 
West Africa Medical Mission - November, 2009 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ron Goyette   
Tuesday, 10 November 2009 17:04

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The first neurosurgery mission to Africa was in Kenya in 2008. The first West African neurosurgery mission is currently underway by a collaborative partnership between Korle-Bu Neuroscience Foundation (KBNF), Doctors for United Medical Missions (DrUMM) and Pro Health International for November 2009. Select American and Canadian-trained professionals will provide expert clinical care for pre-selected patients in need of neurosurgical care from at least three West African countries.

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 November 2009 17:36
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