TWELVE volunteers from Teesside are set to fly out to Ghana to perform a series of life-saving heart operations.

Heart team pledge to raise £30,000 for Medical Mission to Ghana

Surgeons, cardiologists, intensive care practitioners, anaesthetists and a heart bypass technician are among those who have pledged to spend a week at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana’s second city, in February 2019.
Their mission has received overwhelming support from colleagues at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust – even those who are not going on the trip are gearing up to help raise £30,000 to fund equipment and medical supplies.

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