The Owirekyiman Traditional Council in the Central region has honored the President of Breast Care International (BCI) Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai for her spirit of volunteerism in her selfless efforts to make women community in Ghana accessible to free healthcare education to improve their well-beings.
The Council said Dr. Wiafe Addai, who is a Consultant Surgeon by profession, has been a symbol of hope to many Ghanaians, who have benefitted from her free consultancies and needs to be commended and supported to encourage her to put women’s health, especially, the projection of breast cancer disease in the Ghana.
In a durbar, which was attended by government officials, chiefs and people of Owirekyiman Traditional Area to honour her in Assin Kushea in the Assin North district of the Central region on Saturday, August 11, 2018, the President of Owirekyiman Traditional Council, Ahunabobrim Prah Agyensiam VI, commended Dr. Wiafe Addai for her constant advocacy in breast cancer and other non-communicable diseases campaign, an effort to reduce the diseases in the country.
“Your commitment to the good welfare of women in Ghana is beyond measurable, and your volunteerism in going around the country, without the support of the government, is well appreciated by the Owirekyiman Traditional Council and we feel proud to associate ourselves with such ‘wonderful woman’. It is of this view that we organize such durbar to honor you and your people for your high level of volunteerism in seeking the good welfare of women in Ghana,” Nana Prah Agyensiam VI said his speech.
“The Council also feels honored to commend Dr. Wiafe Addai, who has been a symbol of hope to many Ghanaian women who are under privileged, in terms of healthcare education accessibility, in the country to make sure women, who play key role in the development of the country’s economy, are free from ailments that could impede their progress in lives,” he added.
Speaking at the durbar, Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, thanked the Council and said she felt humbled to be commended and appreciated by her commitment to women’s health, and believed such honor had brought more burden on her and great challenge to do more
Dignitaries who graced the occasion included the Deputy Central Regional Minister, Thomas Agyei Baffoe, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Assin North District Assembly, Hon. Charles Ohene Annor, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North constituency, Hon. Abena Durowaa Mensah and Assin North district health officials.
Prior to the durbar, medical team from the Peace and Love hospitals, led by their CEO, Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, organized a free medical screening on breast and cervical cancers, diabetes and hypertension at Assin Kushea, sponsored by Delta Airlines.
During the screening, the women were educated on the causes, prevention and control of breast cancer disease, which kills a woman in every 69 seconds around the world, and introduced to them the Self Breast Examination, a process of identifying any unusual material in the breats.
Dr. Wiafe Addai advised the women to cultivate the habit of frequently visiting the hospitals for checkups, saying “the breast cancer disease is not painful at the early stages, the only way to know is to be screened by a qualified medical practitioner. The contracting of the disease is not equal to death, the disease is curable, what is important is to report the disease to the hospital for early treatment.
Source: otecfmghana.com/Francis Appiah
