Residents in the Keta Municipality of the Volta region has appealed to the government to honour Togbi Tenge Dzokoto Gligui VII, the Paramount Chief of Amugo-Vego Traditional area for establishing a dialysis centre at Keta Municipal hospital.
This, according to the residents, would serve as a way of motivating other philanthropists, groups, and individuals to emulate same for better healthcare delivery.
Mr Godfred Nyonator, a citizen of Abor, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said that the dialysis centre established at the Keta municipal hospital has served many dialysis patients from traveling far to other hospitals.
“The government needs to honour Togbi Tenge Dzokoto Gligui, who singlehandedly established this dialysis centre, which serve as a prompt emergency dialysis centre for in-patients at Keta hospital and other surrounding districts and municipalities hospitals,” he said.
He said that one major benefit of the dialysis centre was that it cut down transportation costs for chronic dialysis patients and reduce the stress of travelling far and joining long queues at referral centres for treatment.
Madam Adzo Fiator,a beneficiary dialysis patient, thanked Togbi Tenge Dzokoto Gligui, who is also ‘Dufia’ of Anyako for the kind gesture which served over 200 patients in the area and noted that honouring him would be a step in the right direction.
“I think Togbi needs to be applauded by notable responsible authorities such as University of@ Allied Science (UHAS), University of Ghana, University of Science and Technology, Health Ministry, among others.”
The dialysis unit started operating on Thursday, August 15,2024 after an inaugural ceremony and has carried out a total of 238 sessions as at Friday, January 31,2025.
Statistics gathered by GNA from the daily activities of the dialysis centre indicated that a total of number of 55 dialysis patients, which comprised of 30 males and 25 females, respectively, attended and received medical care at the unit within the period.
Studies also disclosed that Ghana has been running haemodialysis service for the past 50 years, which was the most common modality for renal failure patients without sustainable kidney transplant programme.
The GNA learnt that the first renal registry in 2017 was 96.2 per cent on haemodialysis with 0.3 percent on peritoneal dialysis and 3.5 percent on kidney transplants with inequitable distribution of haemodialysis centres in the country.
Other residents believed that Togbi Tenge Dzokoto Gligui should be honored for soley undertaking such a venture.
