Monday 7 April 2014

Bamenda: CBC hospital now handles feet deformities



By Njodzefe Nestor
Officials of the newly created Cameroon Clubfoot Care (CCC) program under the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services, CBCHS, have embarked on a media offensive to showcase the importance of the program to the wider Cameroonian public
                Cameroon Clubfoot Care clinical physician, Dr. Ndasi Henry, assisted by the program coordinator, Mr. Benuh Ezekiel and the program officer, Ms Ashiyo Tina have been very present in the media recently educating Cameroonians on issues surrounding clubfoot and its complications.

                According to the officials, clubfoot is becoming a serious health concern in our communities as evidenced by the statistics obtained in the CBCHS Physiotherapy departments.
                Clubfoot according to Dr. Ndasi Henry is a deformity of the feet making them turn inwards and facing each other, a situation that can be adequately corrected using the ponsetti technique for children below 2 years.
                He has announced that above 2 years, the treatment of clubfoot becomes a bit more complicated requiring surgery, which might be expensive for many Cameroonian families. For this reason, the CCC officials have called on the population notably opinion and community leaders as well as CBR field workers and volunteers to identify clubfoot cases in the community, children or adults alike and refer them to any of the four pilot hospitals.
                These pilot hospitals include Banso Baptist Hospital, Mbingo Baptist Hospital, Baptist Hospital Mutengene and St. Joseph Child and Adult Home, SAJOCAH, Bafut.
                Plans are afoot to network with other hospitals around the country where clubfoot can be treated using the ponsetti technique, Dr. Ndasi Henry has noted, announcing that in April 2014 a training will be organized to enable health personnel to identify and refer clubfoot cases for treatment.
                 Dr. Ndasi lamented that inexperience of medical personnel makes correction of clubfoot difficult using the ponsetti.

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