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Holy Family Catholic Hospital-Berekum Begins Training on Inguinal Hernia Repair Surgeons. Ghana is facing a significant shortage of trained inguinal hernia surgeons, leading to a backlog of cases. It is estimated that about 2 million men aged 15 years and above require hernia repairs. To tackle this major public health concern, medical professors are calling for more skilled surgeons to bridge the gap. In line with this, the Holy Family Catholic Hospital in Berekum in the Bono region has begun training young doctors to boost the delivery of inguinal hernia surgeries in the country. Among some medical professors seeking to bridge the gap of shortage in surgeons including Prof Stephen Tabri, Prof Michael Ohene Yeboah and Prof Francis Abantanga in partnership with the Holy Family Catholic Hospital have taken the initiative to train young doctors at the Hospital with the skill to do same as the experience doctors. Professor Michael Ohene Yeboah of the Department of Surgery, University of G...

Given Back To Society; Joy Community Hospital Support Kato Residents With Free Health Screening. The Municipal Health Director of Berekum East Municipal, Dr. Jacob Alaabe has commended the CEO of Joy Community Hospital for her bold step to enhance the health situation of people of Kato in the Berekum East Municipal of the Bono region with a free health screening and NHIS renewal and registration. Dr. Aleeba took the opportunity to advised the beneficiaries to always prioritize their health since health is wealth. He urged the other well meaning Berekum citizens to emulate the step of the Joy Community Hospital CEO to always come to the aid of the people. The CEO of Joy Community Hospital, Mrs. Joyce Amankona Addai Bomo explained that, the initiative was to promote the health care of the people of Kato to screen and register their NHIS to ensure the health of the people are in good shape. She advised the residents to be mindful of their health since she was motivated to aid the people w...

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Over 10,000 People Screened in Berekum Through Free Medical Outreach by Berekumman Citizens Association and Ghana Medical Relief. A number of over 10000 people in Berekum who were suffering from various diseases has have the opportunity to be screened and treated freely in Berekum East Municipal of the Bono region. The free medical outreach programme which was initiated and sponsored by the Berekumman Citizens Association in collaboration with the Ghana Medical Relief which was held at the Holy Family Hospital with support from Ghana Health Services brought joy to thousands of people living in Berekum and it's environs. Some of the beneficiaries who shown up for the event highly has expressed their appreciation to the team who brought the program to Berekum to screen them freely with the treatment associated with it. Out of the total number of medical consultations of 10,029 beneficiaries, 576 among the people went through dental procedures successfully while the rest of the number...