{"id":391628,"date":"2017-05-22T12:13:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T12:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/22\/unibank-duffuor-foundation-support-focos-orthopaedic-hospital\/"},"modified":"2017-05-22T12:13:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T12:13:39","slug":"unibank-duffuor-foundation-support-focos-orthopaedic-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/22\/unibank-duffuor-foundation-support-focos-orthopaedic-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"uniBank, Duffuor Foundation support FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>UniBank Ghana Ltd and its corporate social responsibility arm, the Duffuor Foundation, have supported the FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital with\u00a0 GH\u00a21 million. <\/p>\n<p>The donation was made as part of efforts to boost the hospital\u2019s fund-raising initiative intended to provide 100 spine-related surgeries for underprivileged children and equip its 16-bed Pediatric Ward with a multi-purpose classroom and activity centre.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong>The hospital<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital is a project of the Foundation of Orthopaedics and Complex Spine (FOCOS), a non-profit organisation established in Ghana to provide world-class, comprehensive yet substantially subsidised orthopaedic care within the African sub-region. <\/p>\n<p>The hospital, under the leadership of the internationally acclaimed spine surgeon, Prof. (Emeritus) Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, has, for over a decade, provided free surgeries to cure spinal abnormalities for over 500 children.<\/p>\n<p>Built in\u00a0 Accra in 2012, the FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital is an ultra-modern, 50-bed speciality facility providing services for adult and pediatric patients in need of orthopedic care.<\/p>\n<p>Specialising in complex spine and joint replacement surgeries, it has treated more than 40,000 adult and pediatric patients,\u00a0 including more than 1,500 successful complex spine and joint procedures. <\/p>\n<p><strong>CSR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>uniBank Ghana Ltd and Duffuor Foundation in deepening its corporate social responsibility commitment to provide sustainable interventions for\u00a0 society in the areas of education, health, youth development and sports, supported the hospital\u2019s initiative at the first annual FOCOS Fundraising Gala held at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel on the theme: \u201cHelping our children stand tall\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The occasion was graced by former President J. 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