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The head of the Humanitarian Office of Latter-day Saints in West Africa, Mahmud Labinjo, introduced the team to the Executive Director of Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Dr. Eric Kofi Ngyedu and his team.
Latter-day Saints Charities, a humanitarian wing of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has introduced four new Firefly phototherapy kits at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital in the Central Region.
The gesture is to assist the hospital in the treatment of neonatal or newborn jaundice, of which premature babies are at high risk.
Neonatal jaundice is a yellowing of a baby’s skin and eyes that can occur when babies have a high level of bilirubin, a yellow pigment produced during the normal breakdown of red blood cells.
Reports say that a high level of neonatal jaundice can put a baby at risk for deafness, cerebral palsy, or other forms of brain damage.
Cape Coast Teaching Hospital is noted to register more than 300 newborn babies with high jaundice, but the facility does not have enough photographic lights to monitor the condition.
Introducing the team, Mahmud Labinjo, a humanitarian specialist for the Africa West Area of Latter-day Saint charities, said the Church has established a charity to offer timely support to alleviate the suffering of people.
According to him, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, through the organization, is determined to alleviate suffering, foster self-reliance, and give members the opportunity to serve others.
He said maternal newborn care was one of the charity’s main areas of intervention.
The humanitarian specialist in the West Africa office also said that although Covid-19 had taken some of his attention and resources, the request for the firefly photography machines could not be overlooked.
The specialist was confident that the equipment would save the lives of many children.
Cape Coast Teaching Hospital Executive Director Dr. Eric Kofi Ngyedu received the kit and handed it over to the Chief of the Pediatric Unit, Dr. Emmanuella Amoako.
Dr. Amoako, on behalf of the hospital administration, commended the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the massive intervention.
However, he asked other charities to emulate the kind gesture of the Latter-day Saints.
He noted that the facility receives patients from the west, north west and parts of the Ashanti region.
Firefly phototherapy equipment is supplied by Africa Health Supplies, which will also maintain the hospital equipment for the next two years.
