THREE establishments on Friday donated a neonatal phototherapy machine and an incubator to the Princess Marie Louise (PML) Kids’s Hospital to assist neonatal care.
The Hungary Embassy, IPMC, and JA Well being Hub made the donation underneath the auspices of the Ga Mantse Basis.
The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, stated healthcare in Ghana confronted main challenges and the PML Hospital was unfortunately the one kids’s hospital within the nation offering particularised paediatric healthcare.
He famous that the ability confronted vital infrastructure challenges, making it essential to collaborate with companions to professionalvide important assist for saving new child lives.
He expressed satisfaction with the donation and was optimistic that the tools would strengthen healthcare establishments’ capability to ship high quality neonatal care.
King Tsuru II recommended his companions -IPMC, Medicor, and Hungarian Embassy in Ghana, amongst others for the hassle to advertise high quality healthcare for kids.
He pledged to assist the institution of further kids’s hospitals within the Larger Accra Area and dedicated to offering land for his or her construction.
He referred to as on people with the assets and capability to assist the initiative, emphasising the necessity for collective efforts to create a hopeful future for folks and newborns.
The Chief Government Officer of IPMC, Mr. Amardeep Singh Hari, recommended Ghana’s management, significantly President John Mahama, for initiatives just like the University of Ghana Medical Centre and the Larger Accra Regional Hospital, which have strengthened the nation’s well being infrastructure.
He famous, nevertheless, that challenges in new child care continued, making the intervention obligatory.
Medical Superintendent, PML Kids’s Hospital, Dr Maame Yaa Nyarko, acknowledged that though lots of the kids weren’t dying from neonatal jaundice, they have been affected by its long run results corresponding to cerebral palsy.
She outlined neonatal jaundice because the yellowish discolouration of the pores and skin, sclera and mucous membranes on account of the break down of the crimson blood cells.
She stated 60 per cent of full time period infants and 80 per cent of preterm infants may develop new child jaundice.
Dr Nyarko additionally suggested mothers to make sure early initiation of breastfeeding to assist preserve the yellow colouration away.
On his half, an Worldwide Drugs Specialist, Dr Joseph Akwasi Boateng, referred to as on heath practitioners to make their operations patient-centred.
This, he stated, was obligatory to save lots of extra lives.
He additionally admonished the government and the non-public sector to hitch palms to show amenities just like the PML, UGMC and Larger Accra Regional Hospital, amongst others, into medical vacationers’ centres to maintain them.
Deputy CEO, Medicor, Mr Andras Steiner, indicated that producers of the tools, stated though the phototherapy machine will assist assist the well being of new child infants, dad and mom ought to within the occasion of emergencies endeavour to take their infants to well being amenities on time directly so as to guarantee fast restoration and survival.
The Chairman of the Advisory Board of PML Kids’s Hospital, Reverend Father Andrew Campbell, described the machines as a well timed and worthwhile reward, especially as the ability approaches its a centesimal anniversary.
Reflecting on his experiences on the hospital, he recalled the struggling of many kids and the emotional toll on dad and mom who misplaced their newborns.
He expressed gratitude for the assist, emphasising the influence the donation would have on saving younger lives.
BY RAISSA SAMBOU
