Enterprise Insurance Supports Korle-Bu Hospital

Page 18 Saturday November 15 2008
Enterprise Insurance Company Limited has donated GH¢5,000 to the Korle-Bu Heart Foundation and an endoscopic telescope worth $18,000 to the Urology Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
Receiving the equipment, the Head of the Urology Department, Dr Samuel Gepi-Attee, who expressed appreciation for the gesture, described the telescope as an equipment used to operate the urethra of a patient, particularly when there was a blockage in the urinal system, making it difficult for the patient to pass urine.
Dr Gepi-Attee said the endoscopic telescope would save the urologist from cutting any part of the urethra when operating on a patient.
“Most patients are scared of operations, particularly when it has to do with cutting some parts of the body, but with the help of this equipment we know that things will be much easier for us now,” he said.
Dr Gepi-Attee advised hospitals to use modern equipment, as it was the fastest and safest way of attending to patients.
Dr Baffo Gyan, the Adult Heart Surgeon at the Korle-Bu Heart Foundation, who received the GH¢5,000 on behalf of the Cadio-thoracic Centre of the hospital, said the centre faced a lot of problems, particularly the expenses patients incurred during surgery.
“The number of patients have really increased, particularly children, and most of them come from very poor homes, making it difficult for them to pay for the surgery. As a result of that, the Heart Foundation is bearing half of the cost of surgeries,” he said.
Dr Gyan appealed to other companies and individuals to emulate the example of Enterprise Insurance Company.