Priscilla needs support to undergo surgery
Ms Priscilla Naa Aklerh Okantey has appealed to members of the public to support her raise $18,547.76 to enable her undertake immediate surgery in the left arm, in South Africa.
The surgery, to be undertaken in UCT Private Academic Hospital, Cape Town, is due for August 2019, but her family is unable to meet the cost.
Making the appeal through the Ghanaian Times last week, Ms Okantey said she was able to mobilise GH¢25,020.00 out of the GH¢99,893.00 equivalent of $18,547.76 needed for the surgery.
The cost breakdown of the surgery include hospital fees, orthopaedic implant, surgeon and assistant fees anaesthetist ($11,897.76), flight cost (round trip for patient and care assistant $2,600), accommodation and food ($1,050) and extra hospital fees including tests and emergency medical costs ($3,000.00).
She noted that she risked losing her arm if the surgery is not done in August.
Narrating her ordeal, Ms Okantey said she was involved in a car accident that almost claimed her life on July 25, 2013.
She said that although she had five surgeries to correct the defects, she still experiences severe pain.
An evaluation of her medical condition revealed that the implant in her left arm, expected to last ten years had loosen and needed to be fixed immediately.
Ms Okantey explained that all the five surgeries were undertaken at a hospital in Koforidua in the Eastern Region and Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.
In spite of her predicament, Ms Okantey, a social activist and philanthropist envisions to end streetism by providing homeless-shelters and technical and vocational skills to the less privileged.
But she fears that her dream may not be accomplished if she is unable to undertake the surgery.
Whilst on admission at the hospital, Ms Okantey said she founded ReachOut World Mission, a non profit organisation, and inspired more than 8,000 children and adults to support the cause of community development.
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BY MALIK SULLEMANA