{"id":245956,"date":"2024-11-05T12:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T12:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/gerald-asamoah-flies-over-40-german-heart-specialists-to-ghana-to-perform-surgeries\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T12:04:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T12:04:04","slug":"gerald-asamoah-flies-over-40-german-heart-specialists-to-ghana-to-perform-surgeries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/gerald-asamoah-flies-over-40-german-heart-specialists-to-ghana-to-perform-surgeries\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerald Asamoah flies over 40 German heart specialists to Ghana to perform surgeries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/740\/74051042.295.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of the arrival of the doctors and Gerald Asamoah ( in the middle)\" title=\"Photos of the arrival of the doctors and Gerald Asamoah ( in the middle)\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Photos of the arrival of the doctors and Gerald Asamoah ( in the middle)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Former German footballer of Ghanaian descent, Gerald Asamoah has flown heart specialists and nurses to Ghana to perform heart surgeries on underprivileged children.<\/p>\n<p>Gerald, founder of the Gerald Asamoah Heart Foundation, flew a total of 40 heart specialists for the 2024 edition of his annual open-heart surgery program.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second edition of the pediatric surgeries for children. In the first edition, he sponsored the surgeries of twenty children in November 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The surgeries are set to take place at the University of Ghana Medical Center (UGMC) due to the foundation&#8217;s partnership with UGMC&#8217;s Cardiothoracic Department.<\/p>\n<p>The Gerald Asamoah Heart Foundation aims to support children with heart disease in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The beneficiaries of the 2024 open-heart surgery program have been selected.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Founder of the Gerald Asamoah Foundation and Ex-German footballer, Gerald Asamoah has flown in over 40 heart specialists and nurses into the country ahead of his annual open heart surgeries program. <\/p>\n<p>The annual event is an initiative to offer free surgeries to underprivileged\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j5IkJpWpRs\">pic.twitter.com\/j5IkJpWpRs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SIKAOFFICIAL\ud83e\udd8d (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SIKAOFFICIAL1\/status\/1853387168888111177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>EE\/EK<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch the latest episode of Sports Check with renowned boxing trainer Don Charles<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos of the arrival of the doctors and Gerald Asamoah ( in the middle) Former German footballer of Ghanaian descent, Gerald Asamoah has flown heart specialists and nurses to Ghana to perform heart surgeries on underprivileged children. 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