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The Bosumtwe Clinic.
SEYMOUR Street Methodist Church is
hosting a Barn Dance in the Church hall tonight (Friday) at
8.00pm. It's the first in a series of events being held to
raise funds for a visit to Ghana by Lisburn Methodists this
summer.
In 2006 a young Lisburn woman studying in
London spent her summer in Ghana working in a hospital and a
medical clinic. She was so appalled by the lack of
amenities, drugs and facilities that she decided urgent help
was required.
Over the past year a number of people
have been fact-finding
and making contacts with the staff of
Lake Bosumtwe Methodist Clinic situated in a remote area of
the Asante region of Ghana. The clinic is community based
serving around 24 villages with a population of about 30,000
people and is staffed by a Brazilian doctor, local Ghanaian
nurses, a technician and administrator.
The clinic was built in the late 1960s and is now in need
of an extension to meet the needs of an ever-growing
population. There are a large number of preschool children
in the area most of whom were born in the clinic.
The care provided by the clinic includes
outpatient consultations both in the clinic and in outlying
villages, general admissions, family planning, maternity,
preventative medicine and much more. Malaria and cholera are
very prevalent in the area.
In July 2008 a team of 15 from Lisburn
Methodist Church will be flying out to Ghana to construct a
new wing at the clinic. This will make it possible to carry
out minor operations and to provide more beds for
inpatients.
The Barn Dance is open to all ages and
everyone will be made very welcome. Admission is '5 with a a
light supper avail- able for a donation. All proceeds will
go to providing the much needed facilities at the clinic in
Ghana.
Ulster Star
01/02/2008
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