Ray of Hope

On April 18 I wrote about a newborn (Emmanuel Yamoa) with cleft lip who needed corrective surgery. Thanks to some members from the Cloverport United Methodist (Cloverport, Kentucky), Emmanuel will be undergoing the corrective surgery procedure this evening(July 20, 2016). We are very grateful and appreciative of their support. Please keep Emmanuel and his family in your prayers as they prepare for this surgery. I will post an update later about how the surgery went. Update I went and visited Emmanuel and his family at the hospital today (July 22, 2016). He is doing very well and his family is well pleased. I am excited to know that all went well with the surgery. God is good. A picture of Emmanuel just before the surgery 24 hours post surgery. He is doing very well.

On Tuesday July 12, 2016 I joined a group of individuals from my hospital (Ankaase) and from the Methodist head office in Kumasi for a visit to Amakom, a small village  about 20 miles southeast of Kumasi. This village is home to a Methodist clinic and also Lake Bosomtwe, the biggest natural lake in Ghana. Its beautifully located. But due to financial hardship, poorly run insurance scheme and a bad road network, the clinic is not being utilized as it should. Yet, there are people in the community who need the services of this clinic.  Road heading into Amakom. Lake Bosomtwe is in the background Because the people in the community are very poor (mostly farmers) and cannot afford clinical services, the clinic sometimes provide free service. But financial constraints and lack of medical resources prevent them from adequately providing care, even if its free. A few weeks ago, a young patient died there because of lack of intravenous (IV) fluids.   A view ...

Happy Independence day to all my American Family and Friends. Praying for God's continued blessings, protection and favor upon this great nation as she celebrates another milestone.  And may  the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the Sweet Fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us now and forever more. Amen.

We see all kinds of amazing things happen at our little hospital. But two cases occurring almost simultaneously, have stood out in our minds during the last 2 weeks. We are always thankful to God for his Mercies and bountiful blessings and for continually using us as his vessels to bring healing to the sick, hurt, weak and broken. The first case is that of a 57-year-old male who was referred to our hospital from a smaller clinic about 45 miles away. Initial assessment revealed hypotension, hypoglycemia and high fever. He was almost comatose. After successful resuscitation, he informed us that he had generalized abdominal pain, nausea and had been vomiting for almost 24 hours.  He was diagnosed with acute abdomen after further assessments and this diagnosis warranted an emergency exploratory laparotomy. The surgery was desperately needed because he was on the brink of death. Fortunately, we had a visiting surgeon at the hospital who was performing a prostatectomy at the time ...