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The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Eye Centre performed six successful cornea transplants last Tuesday.

The procedure was carried out in partnership with Dr Geoffery Tabin, a professor of Ophthalmology and Global Medicine at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford in the United States of America (USA).

Tissues used for the transplant were received freely from donors in the USA, as were the surgical procedures.

Out of the about 30 people on standby for the transplant, the centre could perform the procedure on only six because there were not enough donors.

A cornea transplant (keratoplasty) is a surgical procedure to replace part of the cornea with corneal tissue from a donor.

The procedure at the Korle Bu Eye Centre was also used to transfer knowledge and skills to Ghanaian doctors, who should be able to perform the surgery when a donor regime and tissue bank becomes available in the country.

The Daily Graphic, which was one of the few selected media houses invited to witness the procedure, observed that a combination of instruments, such as the laser ablation, eye spud and forceps, was used to remove the defective cornea before replacing it with the donor cornea.

Speaking to the media after the last procedure, which took about 20 minutes, Dr Tabin said: “I am very happy that the six we did have been successful, except for one that had some complications, but we handled it.”

He said the patients were in good shape and everything should be back to normal with them in a couple of days.

“It took us about a full day to work on them and each procedure was between 20 and 45 minutes,” he said.

“Cornea issues can lead to blindness and we have a lot of them around. The youngest we worked on was 16 years. Everything was free, from the donors to operating on them,” he added.

Quality

Dr Tabin said he was impressed by the quality of doctors Ghana had, adding that “the enthusiasm doctors here show when it comes to the acquisition of knowledge in the eye field is commendable”.

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The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will abolish the Electronic Transfers E-levy if the NPP passes it, and they win power in 2025.

Addressing the media at Obra Spot at the Nkrumah Circle ahead of the Coalition of Concerned Ghanaians (CCG) demo, the NDC General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia described the E-levy as daylight robbery.

According to him “the fire will keep burning so long as we have a government that operates with impunity.”

“We will abolish it within the first 100 days we assume power. It is not taxation. It is daylight robbery. Taking people’s capital from their pockets.

“We are not against taxation. Taxation is for value addition. But we will not sit and watch the government to keep robbing us. The E-levy is not taxation, it is daylight robbery. The alternatives are there. Who in his right senses in this country asked the Minister for Roads to argue that we abolish the road tolls and convert the toll booths to toilets and washrooms?” he added.

The General Secretary further stated the E-levy is aimed at robbing the ordinary Ghanaian of their hard-earned capital.

The demonstration by the Coalition of Concerned Ghanaians (CCG) is currently underway in Accra.

The group says they are protesting poor economic policies by the Akufo-Addo administration.

“All and sundry feeling the pinch and bearing the brunt of insensitive Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration as well those who will feel the severe impact of the E-levy, if passed to join other well-meaning Ghanaians at the Obra Spot at 7:00am on Thursday, February 10, 2022 for the Yentua demonstration.

“The is a clarion call and a civic duty to fight for our survival and that of generations yet unborn. This is our country and the onus is on us, as citizens to make it a better place,” the Coalition noted in a statement.

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The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has appointed former Brighton and Hove Albion manager Chris Hughton as Technical Advisor to the newly constituted Black Stars Technical team led by Otto Addo.

Other members of the new Technical team include George Boateng and Mas-Ud Didi Dramani.

The four man team has been put together to take charge of the two matches against rivals Nigeria.

The Black Stars will take on the Super Eagles at the Cape Coast stadium on March 24 before travelling to Nigeria for the 2nd leg at the Abuja Sports stadium on Sunday, March 27, 2022.

In a video circulating online, the Tiktok star Martina Dwamena known as Asantewaa is seen getting married.

The actress though legally married to Jeffery Obiri Boahen, the son of the Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, she was seen happily getting married to her Manager Cassious.

Could this be one of the movies or they are really married?  Let’s leave it with time.

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Majority leader of Parliament and Member of Parliament for Suame Constituency, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu chose to celebrate his 65^th birthday with a special E-Levy in Kumasi.

The Electronic Transaction Levy cake well Capitalized in its green color has got Ghanaians talking on all social media platforms.

The reason behind this idea is unclear especially at a time the government is encountering difficulty in getting the E-levy passed by Parliament.

The Managing Director for Ghana Airport Company Limited, Yaw Kwakwa, has been sacked from his post by President Akufo-Addo.

A letter from the Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah indicated that the President has directed that the MD’s appointment is terminated since 31^st January 2022.

In recent times, there has been a standoff between the Ghana Airport Company and the private businessman McDan Aviation.

The Ghana Airports Company had called for safety precautions to be followed before the launch of the McDan Aviation but this was ignored and the launch was successfully held.

Meanwhile, the CEO and Chairman of McDan Group, Dr. Daniel McKorley said it has had all the support from the Ghana Airport Company before the launch at Terminal 1.

Later, McDan wrote back to the Ghana Airport Company that it was suspending the operations of its Private Jet Service in order to have a thorough engagement with the GACL.

“We are writing to officially inform you about our decision to suspend our operations at the Fixed However, while Ghana Airport Managing Director Yaw Kwakwa was conducting Members of Parliament (MPs) around the McDan facility in the company of Deputy Transport Minister, Hassan Tampuli, the MD’s sacked letter was behind him. Base Operator Terminal with immediate effect.

“This has become necessary to pave the way for us to thoroughly engage your outfit and all the key stakeholders on the way forward,” Dr. Mckorley reiterated in the letter addressed to the Managing Director of GACL.

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I’m called to attend to an emergency. They say a teenage boy has attempted suicide. The size of the crowd gathered at the ward is telling — that this is not only a medical emergency but something of a community concern!

The reports are sporadic. Everyone has their own account. Folks say Yaw ingested poison. Others say he didn’t. Everyone speculates all sorts of stories.

The 17-year-old teenage boy is lying motionless, and unresponsive. We have little history, but we initiate resuscitation.

Half an hour later, his mother is brought in, visibly shaken. She’s having the true story: the facts!

She had noticed that her son was cohabiting with a 15-year-old girl who hails from the neighboring community. Yaw, who has a room to himself, had hosted her for the past 4 days, in spite of repeated warnings from his mother.

This morning, his mother heard of a missing-person-report filed by the girl’s parents through the community information center. She then stood her ground and drove the girl out.

The girl upon reaching home met the wrath of her parents. They got her to lead them back to her hideout, swearing to tear apart the lover boy and his poor single mother.

As events escalated, foreseeing imminent troubles, Yaw locked himself up and gulped copious amounts of detergent.

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A businesswoman named Uduak has narrated how she lost her baby 3 hours after birth.

She revealed that she and her husband referred to the baby as their “restoration baby” because their marriage had been “dead for 4 years and looked beyond repair”.

She said the child was conceived soon after their marriage was restored.

Her pregnancy went well and she gave birth without incident.

However, shortly after the child’s birth, he developed difficulties breathing and had to be placed on oxygen.

He died three hours later.

The grieving mother went on the recount how she refused to accept that her child was dead and she waited till morning to take his body to a church.

However, when nothing happened, she returned to the hospital in Victoria Island, Lagos, with her child and finally accepted that he is gone.

Read her story below:

The Company involved in the Appiatse blast, Maxam, has agreed to pay the fines imposed on it by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources but rejects blame.

The minister for Lands and natural resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor had earlier in his communique said per the reports from the 3-member committee set up to investigate the explosion, Maxam Ghana Limited breached some regulations in accordance with Minerals and Mining Regulations, 2012 (L. I2177)

Maxam has been fined US$6 million by government following recommendation by the committee tasked to probe the explosion.

The mining explosives manufacturing company in response said its “indeed saddened by the incident and we express our heartfelt sympathy to Ghana, particularly, members of the Appiatse community for the loss of lives, property and livelihoods.”

It further noted “Based on a different interpretation of the applicable regulations, we believe that Maxam has not committed any of those breaches, however, to ensure the continuity of the business, to be able to supply our customers, to protect the employment of our workers and sub-contractors, Maxam has decided to pay the fine and will comply with the measures of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources.

“Given our commitment to Ghana and its welfare, Maxam has agreed to the payment of additional Five Million United States Dollars or its cedi equivalent,” the Company added.

The Chief Executive for Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly Abdul-Mumin Issah has been arrested by the Western Regional Police Command after he allegedly ruined insults and threatened a Police officer on road check duties.

A Police statement said the MCE will be put before court on Friday, February 4,2021.

“Mr. Abdul-Mumin Issah, the Hon. MCE for Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly has been arrested by the Western Regional Police Command today, Thursday, 3rd February 2022, for an alleged motor traffic offence, verbal assault and offensive conduct against a Police Officer who was performing his lawful duty,” the Police wrote on Facebook.