Agona East GES supports boy’s surgery
The Agona East District Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has donated GH¢2,000 to the family of a nine-year-old class one pupil to enable him to undergo surgery to treat cancer of the nose and throat at the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital.
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Master Evans Mante, a pupil of the Agona East District Assembly Basic School, was diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma of the nasopharynx at the Department of Child Health, Korle-bu Teaching Hospital.
According to a letter dated November 27, 2016 and signed by Dr Lily Gloria Tagoe, he needs GH¢2,000 for chemotherapy, investigations and supportive care.
How it started
Information available to the Daily Graphic indicates that Mante’s condition started like a boil on the neck in October 2015 but he lost his voice later and had difficulty in breathing.
His parents thought it was a spiritual disease and sent him to a prayer camp at Akim Eshiem but when the staff of his school visited him, they advised his parents to send him to the hospital.
Mante was first sent to the Swedru Government Hospital and later referred to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, where he was diagnosed with the disease.
Need for support
The Head teacher of the Agona East District Assembly Basic School, Mr Martin Joe Kunyebe, who knew the financial status of his parents, wrote to the Welfare Committee of the Agona East GES asking for support for Mante’s surgery. The GES wrote to all the schools in the district to organise a fundraising during their weekly Wednesday worship service to support the patient.
After the fundraising, the officers at the district GES added some contribution to the amount.
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At a short presentation ceremony at the forecourt of the district office of the GES, the District Director of Education, Mr Samuel Arhin, said they were touched by the plight of the young pupil, hence their decision to pay for his surgery.
He urged Mante’s parents to ensure that the donation was used for the intended purpose to save his life and expressed the hope that he would continue his education after the surgery.
Mr Kunyebe, who received the money on behalf of the patient’s parents, thanked the GES for its benevolence and expressed optimism that the surgery would be successful.
At the time of filing this report, Mante was on admission, awaiting the surgery.