From
Dr. Marc Levitt
cincinnati children's hospital medical team in Korle Bu
With Dr. Marc Levitt
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What the experts said
Ghana was selected as an ideal location to create a West African center for colorectal problems because it already had very good expertise and infrastructure to handle complex cases
The goal is to create in Ghana a center where children from all of Africa could come for colorectal problems
Some families of children receiving treatment travel from very far distances and don't know anybody in Accra
34 doctors from the US, the Netherlands, Israel, and South Africa came to Ghana to perform surgery on children with complex surgical problems
More than 25 children with birth defects benefited from operations at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra
The team donated medical items and equipment worth $75,000 US dollars to the hospital
The medical outreach was carried out at the Pediatric Colorectal Center, which handles deformities associated with the colon, rectum and anus
More than 25 children were treated during the surgical exercise, which is the 2nd time the Cincinnati Children's Hospital team has operated in Ghana
Colorectal deformities prevent a child from passing bowel movements naturally through the anus
According to Dr. Mark Levitt, if emergency surgery is not conducted in cases of anorectal malformations, the complication may be life threatening
Some colorectal deformities could be genetic
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has collaborated with the Cincinnati Children's Hospital medical team for the past 4 years
During the medical camps, complex colorectal cases are taken care of