"Act on the creation of bone banks"

Dr. Konadu-Yehoah (tied) explains how to treat victims of a fractured leg injury before sending them to the hospital

Dr. Dominic Konadu-Yeboah, orthopedic surgeon specializing in traumatology and orthopedics at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), has advocated for the adoption of a law that will allow the creation of bone banks just like the blood banks in the country.

Such a law, according to him, will harvest dead bones, which will be scientifically treated to eliminate the microorganisms, and to keep them for use during victims of accidents that may have a critical need.

Dr. Konadu-Yeboah was speaking at a three-day training workshop in Kumasi for selected journalists from the northern sector on how to report trauma and fractures.

The workshop was part of pediatric injury / fracture awareness efforts and the achievement of the overall goal of the Pediatric Fracture Solutions Project for Ghana.

The objective of the project is to reduce the disability, morbidity and mortality due to musculoskeletal trauma in the child through prevention and education by improving care. clinics provided by physicians, nurses, health professionals, first responders and primary caregivers.

The workshop was organized by the College of Physicians of Ghana, in collaboration with OA Alliance, a non-profit development organization dedicated to improving the care of the wounded in low- and middle-income countries.

Bank of bone

Dr. Konadu-Yeboah said that "if we have a bone bank, we can resort to this facility and get the bone we need to achieve specific goals that can improve the results. treatment and make the patient very happy. "

He explained that it was necessary to have a law making legal the establishment of such a center and called on stakeholders to give the proposal a critique.

Dr. Konadu-Yeboah said that as orthopedic practice was developing in Ghana, more and more orthopedic surgeons were performing complicated operations, which required such a center to improve. their work.

Without such an installation, members can sometimes be amputated, which could otherwise have been saved, he explained.

Precautionary measures

Dr. Konadu-Yeboah called for the dissemination of information on injury prevention in all regions of the country to minimize preventable and injury-related deaths and disabilities.

The orthopedic surgeon also called for capacity building in trauma care to allow community members to know how to treat these injuries before the victims are sent to hospitals for treatment.

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