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| Dr. Francis Fynn-Thompson |
This is the second medical mission to Ghana made by Dr. Fynn-Thompson and his team. Last October, medical history was made at KATH when doctors performed the nation's first open-heart pediatric surgery on a young African girl named Sameera. She underwent successful surgery for closure of a ventricular septal defect, also known as "a hole in the heart." The surgery was the first of eight cardiac procedures the medical team performed during their first visit to Ghana last fall.
There are five more medical trips to Ghana scheduled over the next two years. The International Variety Club Children's Lifeline Program has been the major benefactor of the mission. Dr. Fynn-Thompson inaugurated a Ghana Pediatric Heart Fund which will allow local individuals and organizations in Ghana to support his vision through donations. The first donation of $10,000 was made on behalf of the Asantehene, King Otumfuo Osei Tutu, King of the Ashanti people, the largest ethnic group in Ghana.
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