The Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine (FOCOS), a nonprofit organisation that provides access to comprehensive, affordable orthopaedic care, will host its 2019 FOCOS NYC Fundraising Gala on Monday, September 23, 2019, at the renowned 583 Park Avenue event centre in Manhattan.
This year's esteemed guest of honour will be President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who will receive the organisation's Humanitarian Award on behalf of the Republic of Ghana, for the government's longstanding support of FOCOS. President Akufo-Addo will be accompanied by several other ministers and government officials.
Many dignitaries from the public and private sectors, including Rev Jesse Jackson, are also expected to attend and support this effort.
Since its inception over 21 years ago, FOCOS has helped provide treatment for over 60,000 patients and helped fund more than 3,100 complex surgeries on patients from over 53 countries. Most of the beneficiaries suffer from severe spinal deformities and other musculoskeletal diseases that can often be life-threatening.
"There are over 2,000 patients that we have identified, who need access to critical orthopaedic care, and in some cases urgent surgeries, but do not have the resources to access such treatment," says Dr Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, world-renowned orthopaedic surgeon and founder of FOCOS. "We need the support and generosity of donors now, more than ever, to help these people."
New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, provided his support, stating that "FOCOS' leadership, staff and volunteers remain tirelessly committed to improving the health and wellbeing of underserved patients and families, and to advancing our state's standing as a leader in health care service. I applaud the medical and non-medical professionals affiliated with FOCOS for donating their time, resources and talents to help others have the opportunity to stand tall."
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Let it be said that Nana Addo is a PROPER clearing agent ampa...he cleared JDM's' SSNIT Arrears, School Feeding Arrears, Teacher and Nursing Training allowance, cleared teachers and doctors whose pay have been in arrears over several months, and the list is endless. If that's what Nana is doing for him to be called a clearing agent by NDC, I'll support him one hundred percent. Clearing Agent Nana Addo has cleared the MESS of JDM..don't you like such a clearing agent? I do!!
Your dubious shhit Akufo Addo as president was the biggest mistake, he has proven to be incompetent in chief, uselesss and a big failure with 120 family ministerial appointees who are all in the position to steal and share and then cover it up
John mahama use*less years at the presidency couldn't earn him even a dinner in any prestigious place but rather reduced to the gallery in Scotland parliament that us the man nkurasefuo in the ndc want Ghanaians to be proud off a senseless visionless, with no policy but insults and arrogance, that Bole Bamboi he goat who could give Kyebi clean water but his own people drink with cattle in the same stream. Nkwaseafuo if John mahama used his own picket money to give Kyebi water where did he get the one from and why Kyebi but not Bole Bamboi who eeded water the most after all Kyebi is a rain forest zone so have stones in the forest and the rivers flow from hills so clean for drinking very sparkling but savanna is grassland with no water so they needed water the most not Kyebi . Onim hu a onhu ne sr3 ! you are not the only people with insults we will reply you idi*ots with chicken brains as you deserve ! mo nkwase*asem no. Akufo Addo ogye ne din mo besu ara awu !Obiaa s3 3y3 mpo abrofo s3 3y3. Africans s3 3y3 so who cares about ndc stup*idity? ! ndcni kuraseni enjoy your ***barred word****ity in Ghana. From the United States he will head to Canada tell mahama to do same !mo nkwa*sea politics no !
Akufo Addo to be honoured for what, the best clearing agent of the year or the most uselesss president ever or maybe both