Gerald Asamoah: Former German Footballer Flies In Over 40 Doctors To Operate On Hole-In-Heart Kids

Gerald Asamoah: Former German Footballer Flies In Over 40 Doctors To Operate On Hole-In-Heart Kids

  • Former German footballer Gerald Asamoah has flown in over 40 doctors from Germany into Ghana to operate on kids suffering from a hole in the heart
  • The first batch of doctors arrived at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Saturday, November 2, 2024
  • Rapper Guru and many Ghanaians took to the comment section to applaud Gerald Asamoah's foundation for the annual initiative

Former German footballer Gerald Asamoah has earned praise from Ghanaians after flying in doctors and nurses from Germany into Ghana to operate on hole-in-the-heart patients.

Former German footballer Gerald Asamoah, Hole in the heart, German doctors and nurses in Ghana
Gerald Asamoah: Former German Footballer flies in over 40 doctors to operate on hole-in-the-heart kids in Ghana
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Former German footballer flies in doctors

Over 40 doctors and nurses from the Gerald Asamoah Foundation in Germany arrived in Ghana on Saturday, November 2, 2024, ahead of the organisation's annual free open heart surgery programme.

According to reports, the programme's beneficiaries have already been selected and will begin their procedure as soon as possible.

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Famous Ghaniana blogger Zionfelix shared a lovely video of the German doctors and nurses' warm welcome on his Instagram page.

Meanwhile, in 2023, 50 children suffering from a hole-in-the-heart benefitted from Mr Asamoah's initiative, and the surgeries were undertaken by doctors and nurses flown into the country from Germany,

Arrival of the German doctors and nurses.

Reactions to the initiative

Rapper Guru and several other Ghanaians thronged the comment section with praise. They applauded the former German footballer for embarking on this initiative annually.

The heartwarming reactions to the videos are below:

ampofowaa1 said:

"God bless them all … These are the REAL CELEBRITIES ❤️"

gurunkz said:

"Louder !!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏😍😍😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥🔥🙌🙌🙌❤️❤️❤️❤️"

mrmuchmore said:

"This is the man they should be dancing adowa for, where are those adowa dancers no?😂😂😂"

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real_truthgh said:

"You see the people they should be clapping and dancing for?"

yaw_kenny said:

"These are the people who actually inspire the youth to make changes that matters!"

dee_osei555 said:

"I’m fired up and believe that one day I’ll bring investors to Ghana! ❤️❤️❤️ 🙏🏾🙏🏾"

Mother receives GHc52k for son's surgery

YEN.com.gh reported that a Ghanaian mother, Zenabu's son, Masawudu, suffered from a hole in the heart defect condition.

The six-year-old boy needed over GH¢52,000 ($9,000) to undergo urgent hole-in-the-heart surgery.

The amount was raised for the surgery through the Crime Check Foundation, which made Zenabu very emotional in a viral video.

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Source: YEN.com.gh

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Geraldine Amoah (Entertainment editor) Geraldine Amoah is an Entertainment Editor at YEN.com.gh. She pursued Business Administration at Ashesi University and graduated in 2020. She has over 3 years of experience in journalism. Geraldine's professional career in journalism started at Myjoyonline at Multimedia Group Limited, where she worked as a writer. She has completed Google News Initiative News Lab courses in Advanced digital reporting and fighting misinformation.