Friday, April 8, 2016

Queenmother Partners Quik Medical Consult to Screens 100s in Awate

Hundreds of indigenes of Awate in the North Dayi district of the Volta Region received a great benevolence from their Queen Mother, Mama Bisa I to undergo series of Health Screening exercise led by a team of health professionals from Quik Medical Consult.

The event which took place on Good Friday on the premises of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in the community saw the patronage of Elders, Parents and their Children who also had the opportunity to receive free health counseling, education and medication.

Talking to Mama Bisa I; who was also commemorating her 10 years anniversary as Queen Mother of the Awate, she explained her action was just intended to educate her people on their health matters and help them get remedies.

Over the years, she has used her influence to organize annual football competitions among the youths on Easter Mondays in her pursuit to promote peace in the community which has subsequently helped resolved disputes in the town and its environs.

She is also leading the establishment of a Vocational Institute which would be used as a facility to train various Junior High School graduates to acquire unique skills in various professions to aid the development of the town.

Benson Owusu, CEO of the Quik Medical Consult led the education on hypertension and diabetes as well as its prevention methods as these diseases were noted to be silent killers among the indigenes.
He further encouraged his fellow health workers to reach out to the society with health education in ensuring the queues at the OPDs reduce after the masses are educated on various preventable diseases killing people in the country and Africa

The Quik Medical Consult has also over the years enrolled Children onto the National Health Insurance Scheme across the country, sponsored surgeries for children, screened thousands and have reached out to millions through various media engagements.

For more information on engaging the Quik Medical Consult, they can be contacted on 0247586344, quikmedicalconsult@gmail.com and www.quikmedicalconsult.com


Source: Prince Akpah

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Ghanaian Footballer Shadrach Eghan Donates To Support Hole in Heart Patient

Ghanaian international, Shadrach Eghan has donated to cover the full medical bills of an 18-month old child suffering from hole-in-heart and expected to undergo urgent surgery at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. Young Ernest Opuni was diagnosed with the condition after birth.

Shadrach Eghan, 21, who plays for Dutch side FC Twente made a cash donation of $8,000 to support the patient’s treatment through Quik Medical Consult’s “Bail Out A Child project”.

Presenting the amount to the Cardiothoracic Centre of the Hospital on Wednesday, February 3, President of Quik Medical Consult (QMC), Mr. Benson Owusu Atuahene said the presentation out of QMC’s commitment to raise funds to support children whose parents do have the financial capacity to undergo surgeries, pay medical bills and enroll them onto the National Health insurance Scheme.

Director of the National Cardiothoracic Centre, Dr. Lawrence Sereboe who received the donation assured Quik Medical Consult and the family of little Opuni of a successful surgery to correct the defect. He added that persons who had undergone surgery for hole-in-heart can fully recover and live a normal healthy life again without complications.

Quik Medical Consult is a non-governmental organization made up of young Ghanaian medical practitioners from various hospitals in Ghana. It has over the years organized free health screening and health education for various rural communities in Ghana in the country. Persons who wish to donate to Quik Medical Consult’s Bail Out A Child project” can contact (+233)247586344 or (+233)207544828.