Ernest Chemists & SOGOG Support Gynae Society's Free Surgical Outreach In Nkwanta District

The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Ghana (SOGOG) in collaboration with Ernest Chemists Limited, has embarked on a 3-day fistula repair and gynaecological surgical outreach in the Nkwanta District of the Oti Region of Ghana.

The surgical outreach took place from the 12th to the 14th of April 2019, at the Nkwanta District Hospital.

The dedicated team of Specialist and Consultant Obstetrician-Gynaecologists and other medical professionals from Accra, were able to perform a total of 18 major complex surgeries during the outreach, including 6 Myomectomies (surgical removal of uterine fibroids), 5 Total Abdominal Hysterectomies, 4 Vaginal Hysterectomies, 1 Vesico-uterine Fistula (UVF) Repair and 2 Exploratory Laparotomies. With the support of Ernest Chemists Limited, there was a good supply of quality medicines for the surgeries, as well as to enhance the patients’ postoperative recovery.

A beneficiary, Madam Vivian Abesie expressed her appreciation to the team of doctors, the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Ghana (SOGOG) and Ernest Chemists Limited for organizing the medical outreach and for operating on her. She further asked for God’s blessings for all the organizations that came together to make the medical outreach possible.

Dr. Promise Sefogah (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist), the Director of Finance for SOGOG and the Chairman of the Outreach Committee, who was part of the team of surgeons had this to say; “We as specialist doctors, are pleased to use our skills to help to reach out to these less-privileged and vulnerable women in the Nkwanta District. Our dedicated team of doctors worked tirelessly throughout the 3-day period to perform as many surgeries as possible”.

He narrated the entire experience by adding that “The team arrived in Nkwanta on Friday after 8hours of travel, performed surgeries till around midnight, then took a break to catch some four hours of sleep. And then we woke up early Saturday morning to continue the surgeries and reviews till the early hours of Sunday, closing around 1am. 

We finished all the cases booked successfully, had ward rounds to ensure the patients were all recovering satisfactorily and then left Nkwanta Sunday afternoon. We were pleased with the turnout and the success of the surgeries and the outreach as a whole. It’s always been a deeply fulfilling, although tiresome exercise for God and country”.