40- year old Fati Bukari seeks financial assistance to undergo hip replacement surgery

Forty year old, Fati Bukari from Bolgatanga is diagnosed with severe Osteoarthritis of the right hip that requires an amount of Seven Thousand Dollars to enable her undergo urgent surgery. 

A medical report from the Tamale Teaching hospital indicates that Madam Bukari needs a total hip replacement. In addition, she needs Thirteen Thousand, 260 Ghana cedis to receive medication for hepatitis C viral infection. 

Meanwhile, the mother of two is currently being managed for other conditions including avascular necrosis of the pit femur.

 Madam Bukari however seeks financial assistance from individuals and corporate bodies to enable her undergo a successful operation.

   

Report

Madam Fati Bukari who is a native of Bolgatanga and resident in Accra is a hairdresser by profession.  She told Radio Ghana that she closed from work one day and decided to take a nap which she did.   

She narrated that faithful day she was healthy and strong only to wake up feeling weak and in an excruciating pain. According to her, it took the son to get her out of her bed.

 She lamented that due to the severity of her condition, she was quickly rushed to the Mamobi Polyclinic where several medical tests were conducted on her to ascertain the cause of her predicament. 

 She stressed that even though she was treated and discharged, her condition worsened a month later when she visited the sister in Bolgatanga.

 She said at that point, she could no longer stand on her feet so she was sent to the Tamale Teaching Hospital, TTH, and the x-ray report that followed proved that she needed a total hip replacement which will cost her 7000 dollars or cedi equivalent of 31,000 Ghana cedis. 

Signed by Dr Tolgou Yempabe, a Consultant Orthopaedic at the TTH, the report indicates that Madam Bukari is diagnosed with sever Osteoarthritis and needed urgent financial assistance to cater for her condition. 

Narrating her ordeal with Radio Ghana, Madam Bukari pleaded with all well-meaning Ghanaians to assist her to undergo a successful surgery. 

Meanwhile, medical report from the Department of Nephrology at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital dated March 16, 2018 suggests that Madam Bukari is being diagnosed and managed of systematic hypertension, Avascular necrosis of the pit femur and Hepatitis C viral infection. 

She is however receiving medication for the said conditions but is unable to afford the medication for the Hepatitis C viral infection which currently cost 13,260 Ghana cedis. 

Breaking down in tears, Madam Bukari, a widow and a mother of two who could barely walk, is unable to raise the specified amount is again appealing to all to assist her in that regard.

Any assistance can be channelled through a Ghana Commercial Bank, GCB account (9011010013235) bearing the name Fati Bukari. The account has Isaac Asare and Sophia Ackumey all of GBC URA Radio as signatories.  The patient, Madam Fati Bukari can also be contacted on 0244893675.
 

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