General News of Tuesday, 17 November 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.com11-year-old boy with hole-in-heart appeals for GH¢50,000 to undergo surgeryplay videoMother of Ferkaa Ahmed is appealing to the general public to come to the aid of his sonCorrrespondence from Bono Region:The family of an 11-year-old boy in Japekrom in the Bono region, Ferkaa Ahmed, is appealing for financial support to enable him to undergo heart surgery. Medical records from the National Cardiothoracic Centre indicate that he has developed a complex hole in heart also known as Tetralogy Of Fallout (TOF). With the hole in his heart widening as he grows, the condition has made breathing difficult for the young boy, and also gets fatigued easily. According to doctors, Ahmed will need an amount of GH¢50,000 an equivalent of $9,000 to undergo a surgical procedure known as primary repair surgery to correct the defect. I am therefore appealing to the general public to donate towards his surgery which will cost GHC50,000,” the mother pleaded.

Source: GhanaWeb November 17, 2020 10:41 UTC