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On the 6th of March 2015, dialysis nurse Adelaide Baffoe turned 30 years old. Usually accustomed to receiving money from her friends on her birthday, Adelaide decided that instead of using the funds to celebrate the special occasion, she would rather donate the funds to pay for one day of haemodialysis treatment for three needy patients whom she treats regularly. 

“I knew that we really have needy patients at the hospital and one treatment can really take them somewhere,” she said.   

Haemodialysis or dialysis as it most often shortened too, is most commonly used to treat Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).  CKD is the gradual loss of kidney function over time.  As the function declines, the kidney’s ability to keep a person healthy is diminished and consequently, haemodialysis is needed to filter and remove waste and extra fluid from the body. 

Currently, dialysis is not covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), so for those who develop CKD the cost of each treatment required is 190GHS, 3 times per week.  Consequently, Peace and Love Hospital has been benevolently working to support patients in need where possible, as these haemodialysis treatments are pivotal to sustaining not only the patients’ quality of life but also to ensuring the protection of them. 

On the 8th of March 2015, Adelaide, who has worked at Peace and Love Hospital for 7 years, urged the three patients to come to the hospital for treatment the following day. 

“They told me they couldn’t come because they didn’t have money, but I told them just to come and not worry about the money,” she said.  On the morning of the 9th the patients arrived for dialysis.  Upon receiving and presenting the donation to the patients, the Chief Executive Officer of Peace and Love Hospital, Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai thanked Adelaide and her two friends, Sandra Akembasi and Joe Kwaku Owusu for their immense generosity.  The patients, also overwhelmed with the donation, thanked Adelaide for helping them fight another day.