Team

Rob Hicks, David Cressey, Amari Thomson, Ebenezer Boateng, Samuel Boateng, Becky MacDonald, Lee-Anne Gaw, Anne Smith and Merine Rajamani, Jo Inchley and Clare Peacock.

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3 teams headed out to Carpenter this year, Surgery and Anaesthetics, Paediatrics and Neonatal care, and Radiology.

 

Accomplishments:

• 55 surgical cases completed

• Numerous children

• 8 new midwives trained in Helping Babies Survive programme

• NICU training led by Merine

• radiology training, breast, general, CT and ultrasound - by Drs Clare and Jo 

• Theatre scrub and post anaesthetic recovery training.

 

General themes: ​

• The partnership between Leyaata and HIC is strong.  

• A hugely successful week 

• some history and culture in Kumasi and Accra on the way home.

Team

Ann Smith (Paediatrics), Dan Higman, David Cressey, Ebenezer Boateng, Jodi Baker and Sandra Peniston.

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Just a small team this year with Karen Leyden, Nichola Patteson and Rob and Jo Hicks all unable to travel.  But the team headed out for an excellent trip- 

 

Accomplishments:

• 39 surgical cases completed

• 8 children 

• 4 new midwives trained in Helping Babies Survive programme

• NICU guide started in collaboration with Dr Ben

• Extended newborn examination teaching  

 

General themes: 

• Mission successful

• Small group worked well as the visiting team could spend time with the Leyaata team, and this aided mutual teaching and collaboration 

• Partnership feels like it is going from strength to strength 

Team

Rob Hicks, Karen Leyden, Nichola Patterson, Ebenezer Boateng , Ann Smith (Paediatrics)

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A small team headed from the UK for the first trip to work in the new Leyaata Hospital operating theatres.  4 Theatres - newly commissioned with state of the art theatre lighting, anaesthetic machines and operating tables  - air conditioning and a fully functional CSSD.

The main purpose was to deliver Hernia surgery but to provide teaching and training for the small theatre staff that are established in the hospital . 

Team

Karen Leyden, Jo Hicks, Anne Smith, Nichola Patterson, Jodi Baker

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The Uk departed for a 1 week mission to Leyaata Hospital with the brief to deliver teaching and training and to support the initial setup in the hospital based theatre setting.

The trip was a great success - accompanied by the       Ghana health team again from Canada, and under the guidance of Dt Jennifer Wilson.

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Dr Anne Smith led a an extremely successful programme of Helping Babies breathe course, training the senior midwives to teach the course.  

Dr Jo Inchley worked with the imaging team and started the breast ultrasound programme.  

Dr Karen Leyden, Jodi Baker and Nichola Patterson spent their time with a fledgling theatre team to set up and start to prepare for the first few cases in the sparkling theatre complex in the new hospital.

Leyaata Hospital Commissioning Team

UK representatives

Rob Hicks, Magdi Hanafy, Karen Leyden, Anne Smith

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This week, delegates from the Uk and Canadian teams were invited to attend the Commissioning of the new Church of Carpenter and the Commissioning of the Leyaata Hospital.

This was a hugely symbolic event , attended by the dignatiaries, officials, Guest of honour - Nana Tibalakala (Paramount Chief David Mensah).  The sponsors of the hospital, Cindy Lambier, and Jacques Lapointe, Chair of the GRID board an Dr Jennifer Wilson gave speeches before the very symbolic cutting of the ribbon.  

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​At this ceremony it was announced that our teams are giving the gift of a Training Centre.

This centre for health education and research will be a key piece of our ongoing involvement at Leyaata Hospital. It will allow us to support the educational needs of the staff and bring virtual and in-person training to professionals from all over Ghana.

This remains our key fundraising objective as we look forward.