INTRODUCTION
With the understanding that detention in whatever form is injurious to health, CCF has gone beyond the prisons. Through our Health Check Series, we have come to the aid of many Ghanaians who have been detained in hospitals because of their inability to settle their bills and solicited support for the many others who require surgery. We have also provided prosthetic hands and legs for many children whose parents have either neglected them or cannot afford medical care for them.
Two weeks old baby, Owusu Daniela is battling for her life as a disease, hydrocephalous, which she contracted at birth, has caused her head to swell. The condition is a buildup of fluid in the cavities deep within the brain. Her parents, 27-year-old Owusu Nathaniel and 25-year-old Alai Francisca who are residents of Torkorkoe, a […]
19 year old Mary Lavoe, has had her womb removed after her pregnancy turned cancerous. According to her, she engaged in an amorous relationship to get assistance because her parents couldn’t fulfill all her needs. She said she got pregnant but refused to terminate it on the demand of her boyfriend who later ignored her […]
42 year old Cynthia Owiredu Mensah is in torment from a tumor ulcer disease which has affected her lungs making her unable to pass excreta. Mrs. Mensah said doctors feared she could lose her life if she undergoes surgery because her lungs had been badly affected. She said she is in the meantime under Radiotherapy […]
35 year old Sheriffatu Abullayo had to beg doctors to take off the oxygen which was supporting her and be discharged from the hospital because she couldn’t afford the cost. Speaking to crimecheckghana, Ms. Abullayo said she was taken into isolation at the hospital after doctors suspected her of exhibiting symptoms of Covid-19. She said […]
25 year old Latif Mohammed has been strangely paralyzed for the past seven years. His father struggles to get him medical attention. According to Latif’s father, Papa Mohammed, though his son was already challenged with walking, it worsened when he came back home after accompanying his mother to work. He said Latif completely got paralyzed […]
Crime Check Foundation, CCF through its donors has supported 30 year old Daniel Ameyaw to undergo surgery to remove a tumor that caused his jaw to swell. Mr. Ameyaw threatened to commit suicide after his efforts to raise Twelve Thousand Ghana Cedis to enable him undergo the surgery proved futile. In an interview with crimecheckghana, […]
Less than a year old baby, Kennedy Kofi Agyapong is battling for his life as his mother, Juana Asantewaa struggles to foot her medical bills. According to Asantewaa, Kofi unknowingly poured boiled water on himself when her younger sister whom she left him with was not around him. She said Kofi had his stomach and […]
Crime Check Foundation, CCF has donated medical equipment worth over Forty-Two Thousand Ghana Cedis to the Kasoa Mother and Child Hospital to help address the equipment challenges of the eighty-five bed capacity health facility. The items which included 20 hospital beds and mattresses, 10 wheel chairs, 2 walking aids and 10 ceiling fans were provided […]
6 month old baby, Makafui Akabua is experiencing agonizing pains from a cancerous lump that has developed on his back making his head and legs to swell. After six months of unsuccessful attempts to raise almost Seven Thousand Ghana Cedis, the restless parents of baby Makafui, residents of Dzodze in the Volta Region, had to […]
4 year old Eugiene Asamoah’ eyeball is almost displaced from its socket as her parents struggle to get him proper medical care. According to Eugiene’s mother, Rita Djan her son’s ailment started with a swelling in his cheek which affected his eye. She said the boy’s eye eventually started producing some phlegm-like substance, so she […]
