Story: Mary Ankrah
THE Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) yesterday took delivery of four mammogram machines donated by a group of individuals in Canada, including Ghanaians, to aid in the early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer.
The Canadian High Commissioner to Ghana, Mrs Trudy Kernighan, on behalf of the group presented the machines to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the KBTH, Prof Nii Otu Nartey.
The machines are estimated to cost 110,000 Canadian dollars and have been certified by the Canadian Association of Methodologists to be used in the country.
One each of the machines will be given out to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, the Tamale Teaching Hospital and the Volta Regional Hospital in Ho to help in the screening for cancer among women.
The only mammogram machine which was installed in 1992 as part of a Japanese medical equipment package for the KBTH has been overstretched.
Prof Nartey said in order to improve on breast cancer management, it was important that the cancer was detected early.
Therefore, he said, the equipment would greatly enhance physicians’ diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer conditions.
He said since last year, the KBTH had established a new centre to cater for breast cancer and that the Head of the Surgery Department, Prof Joe Nat Clegg-Lamptey, who had undergone training in the United States, would lead the centre.
According to him, breast cancer was the leading cause of death among women and, therefore, the establishment of the centre would help in the treatment and management of the disease to save the lives of women.
Prof Nartey added that the centre would be manned by specialists, ranging from radiotherapists, surgeons, pathologists, among others, to attend to patients, adding that the machine would also help in the training of students at the hospital.
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