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The following message is from Fred Asare, the Director of the Village of Hope Orphanage in Gomoa-Fetteh, Ghana. The orphanage has partnered with Touch A Life, and Fred and George are close work colleagues. He provided the following update in regards to George's time in the hospital:

Greetings.

I was at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra with Mama Gladys to visit George this morning. We met Kofi and George's brother at the ward. We also met two ladies from TAL who arrived in Ghana this morning at the hospital.

The information you have concerning George is accurate. He is not in a life-threatening state, for which we are all grateful. However, he is not in good shape.

I talked with the orthopaedic surgeon in charge of George's case. He informed me that George has at least two fractures in his thigh bone and knee cap. He will need major surgery. They may have to graft some bones from his hip to replace his knee cap as it seems that his knee cap is crushed. They will have to insert a metal plate and metal pins to hold the fractured bones together. I have requested for expedited surgery for George. The surgery is likely to take place on Thursday if the orthopaedic surgeon is able to put together a team of two other surgeons, an anaesthetist, an assistant anaesthetist, and theatre nurses tomorrow.

When I was leaving the hospital, Kofi was about to make a deposit of the equivalent of $500 for the plate needed for the surgery. The surgery itself will cost in the range of $5,000 when all expenses are put together. We will have to make a deposit of the equivalent of $2,500 by tomorrow if the surgery is to be done on Thursday. I am working with Kofi on that.

George also has some head injuries that the doctors are looking at. They are conducting investigations into that. 

I am in constant communication with the surgeon. In fact, I just spoke with him this evening. He was on his last ward rounds for the day and would be seeing George one more time tonight. George is in good hands at the best hospital in Ghana.  He will be well. Please keep praying for him, as I know you will.

God bless,

Fred.

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