The team will again offer free general, plastic and ophthalmological surgeries to people in deprived communities in Ghana. The work with the prisoners have garnered support and interest since our previous visits. The team will continue from where we left off last year to provide the needed health care for the prisoners and also free access to the services mentioned above to the people in the underserved communities in Ghana.
People from the underserved communities and also the prisoners
It expected that about 2000 people will undergo free cataract surgeries, 250 people will undergo free general and plastic surgeries, 5000 school children will undergo free eye screening, 500 prisoners will have free health screening and 3000 people will be screened for diabetes and hypertension respectively. We also have a dedicated local health care professionals to care for the post operation visits of the patient underwent various surgical procedures.
USTA Ghana Missions 2025 was exceptional. It was the first time USTA has extended it works to the Northern region of Ghana. USTA partnered with ACC, GAHS, Tamale SDA Hospital and Hope Channel Ghana in organizing this maiden mission trip in the Northern Ghana. Most of the beneficiaries of the mission were people from the deprived communities. There was a daily long queue of people for diabetes, hypertension consultation and education at the Tamale Dapkema Palace grounds. Patients who have been off medications because of financial difficulty were supplied with medications for free. About 1200 people were screened for eye disorders. Those that needed medications were supplied for free. About 80% of those screened received reading glasses. There was eye surgical camp, where about 413 surgeries were completed at multiple hospitals in the Northern Ghana.
General Surgery cases including hernia and lipoma were performed at the same period at Tamale SDA Hospital. Over 72 general surgery cases were performed for the good people of Tamale and beyond. In addition, about 800 people were also screened for Dental disorders. Almost 80%, also underwent various dental procedures including scaling and polishing, teeth extraction etc. In humility, over 4500 lives were impacted at the end of the mission trip.
I am very grateful to Doximity Foundation for the assistance extended in making USTA Ghana Mission 2025 a reality.
