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Authorities of the Korle-Bu Instructing Hospital have introduced that the ability will start liver transplant procedures this week.
This would be the first time a hospital in Ghana will perform a liver transplant.

The  CEO of the Korle-Bu Instructing Hospital, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, stated this was a key milestone for the hospital.

“By collaborative initiatives, the Korle-Bu Instructing Hospital has been in a position to efficiently undertake kidney transplants. Subsequent week, we’re going to begin doing our first liver transplant and that is by a purely native workforce.”

“It is a pure native workforce of docs who’ve gained experience on this space and are going to start out delivering this service to our inhabitants,” Dr. Ampomah added.

The hospital made related strides in December 2019, when it carried out a profitable kidney transplant for 4 sufferers with kidney situations.

This was additionally thought-about a breakthrough for native medication follow in Ghana.

So far as dealing with liver is worried, the hospital has had a hepatobiliary surgeon and liver most cancers workforce previously which have been offering remedy to sufferers affected by liver, pancreatic, and bile duct cancers.

The Korle-Bu Instructing Hospital is taken into account the premier healthcare facility in Ghana.

It has three facilities of excellence; specifically the Nationwide Cardiothoracic Centre, the Nationwide Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical procedure, and the Radiotherapy Centre.

This addition has elevated the variety of extremely specialised surgical procedures comparable to re-attaching severed arms, key-hole, and bladder reconstruction that the Hospital undertakes.