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Carl Zeiss Archive Aids Ghanaian Project
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GansMens Clinic, Kumasi
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PM2K Photometer
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Without the help of the well-organized
archive system at Carl
Zeiss AG, the laboratory at the
“GansMens Clinic” in Kumasi,
Ghana would not yet be complete.
An ideal instrument by
Ghanaian standards, an older
Zeiss photometer – PM2K – was
available in Vienna, but an English
version of the user manual
was not to be found – in Vienna
or any other office. The Carl Zeiss
archives were called on for help.
Dr. Dieter Brocksch, Manager of
Technical Information, was able
to provide the desired manual in
a short time. The photometer has
been in use since April 2005 following
its transport to Ghana
with other medical instruments
shortly before Christmas 2004.
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A clinic for
Ghanaians
Ghana
Europe
Africa
Albert and Monika Mensah Offei
have been working on the construction
and setup of the GansMens Clinic
in Kumasi using thier own financial
resources since 1997. Albert Mensah
Offei is Ghanaian and decided along
with his Austrian wife to create this
clinic with high quality medical service,
equipment, patient care and
hygiene for his fellow countrymen. It
enables access to medical care, preventive
care (e. g. for children, young
people and pregnant women) and
the creation of qualified jobs and further
education of medical personnel
in a region lacking sufficient medical
resources.
The formal requirements for startup
were met with the completion of
construction in 2003 and certification
Russia
India
Asia
China
Australia
in fall 2003. The opening of the clinic’s
own lab followed the start of
operations in early 2005 under the
leadership of a general practitioner.
Approximately 30% of all patients
suffer from malaria. Diarrhea, hepatitis,
typhoid, diabetes, HIV and other
infections are also common ailments.
In addition to preventive examinations
for pregnant women – anemia
is very common – the clinic has a
small operating room including an intensive
care unit, a children's department
(8 beds), 6 patient rooms (20
beds), a maternity ward with a midwife
and 8 beds. The goal of the
gynecologist who is also responsible
for the maternity ward is to reduce
the still high mortality rates of both
mother and newborn. Training of
high school graduates is done together
with the Okomfu Anokye
Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. Young
Innovation 15, Carl Zeiss AG, 2005
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