Adom FM presents 6,500 Euros check to hole-in-heart patient

The management of Adom FM has presented the family of Kelvin Mensah, a two-year old hole-in-heart patient for whom the station raised funds, with a check for 6,500 Euros for his second surgery.

The check was handed over to Mrs Rosemond Ankrah Mensah, Kelvin’s mother by Human Resource Manager of Adom FM, George Imbeah at a short ceremony on Tuesday, June 28, at the station’s premises and was live on the morning show, Dwaso Nsem. 
Kelvin was diagnosed with a hole-in-heart condition by doctors at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital and required surgery which would cost 7,500 Euros.

His father Daniel Mensah, who was at his wit’s end made an appeal to Adom FM and as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, the business unit took it up and launched a massive on-air fund raising campaign in late February 2011, soliciting funds for the 7,500 Euros for the surgery.

The response was massive.  Corporate bodies and private individuals in Ghana and across the world responded with various donations and within two months, the campaign had exceeded its target.

Kelvin has undergone his first surgery and is set to undergo the second one very soon.

Mrs Mensah, who was quite emotional and even shed tears expressed her family’s gratitude to the management and staff of Adom FM for the immense support.

With this successful fund-raising campaign, the management of Adom FM is launching a permanent Save A Child’s Heart (SACH) to facilitate the financial support to other children who may require similar life-saving cardiac surgery.

Ironically, Kelvin Mensah is the first to donate to this fund, even before its official launch. Kelvin has gladly donated the excess amount raised for his operation to the Adom FM Save A Child’s Heart fund.

Individuals, philanthropists and corporate organizations are being targeted for support.

Records at the National Cardiothoracic Centre indicate about 150 children between the ages of 11 months and 17 years need urgent financial assistance to undergo surgery in spite of the 50 percent rebate provided by the Ghana Heart Foundation to all patients.

Source: Adom FM