The Shen Yang and Shen Yuet Children’s Heart Foundation has announced its continuous dedication to fund over 40 surgeries for children with congenital heart defects before the end of this year at the National Cardiothoracic Centre at he Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
Starting last year, the foundation which was established by Mr YC Shen, the Global Chairman of Sunda International Group of Companies, has already financed 41 surgeries at the center.
The Shen Yang and Shen Yuet foundation was named after Mr. Chang’s two sons, initially aimed to provide corrective surgeries for 20 children in urgent need each year, at a cost of $6,000 per child.
During a visit to the facility last Monday (July 1, 2024), Mr. Shen expressed his family’s delight in supporting families facing financial difficulties to pay for their children’s surgeries.
Mr. Shen, a parent to a child born with a congenital heart defect revealed that, his attention was drawn to the plight of children with heart diseases in Ghana by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Mr. Shen assured the hospital’s management that, the foundation is committed to meeting the financial needs for surgeries at the NCTC.
The Director of the National Cardiothoracic Centre, Dr. Kow Entsua-Mensah, was delighted about the Shen Yang and Shen Yuet Children’s Heart Foundation’s commitment to the course and added that the foundation holds the record for funding the most surgeries at the centre.
He commended them for their immense support in the healthcare of numerous children and used the opportunity to call for more corporate bodies and institutions support to help society.
Dr. Entsua-Mensah expressed the centre’s vision of a future where financial constraints do not hinder access to necessary surgeries.
For his part, Mr. Herbert Mensah praised the foundation for exceeding their initila target for funding 20 surgeries per year for the next 10 years saying, he was inspired by the actions of Mr. Shen and his family’s kind gesture.
Parents seeking financial support for their children’s surgeries can apply to the Shen Yang and Shen Yuet Children’s Heart Foundation (www.shenschildrensheartfoundation.org) for assistance.
Shen Yang and Shen Yuet Foundation also donated some groceries and other consumables to the Centre.
