Message of condolence/ mourning/ support from GPSF about Accra disaster

On behalf of the Ghana Physicians and Surgeons Foundation of North America (GPSF), I send my deepest condolences to the government of Ghana and to everyone affected, particularly to the families and friends of the over 150 Ghanaians killed and injured in the unprecedented flooding rains and explosion at the GOIL filling station in Accra on the night of June 3, 2015.

The GPSF is a member-based organization of medical professionals in the US and Canada who are from Ghana and/or who have a vested interest in working towards improved healthcare in Ghana. As we absorb the shocking news of the untold tragedy that befell our beloved Ghana, the GPSF mourns along with Ghanaians at home and abroad. We pray for speedy recovery of the injured; for fortitude to honour all lost lives, and for the strength and resolve to heal. It is our prayer and hope that these innocent lives that were cut short will not be in vain but will motivate the country to come together to take appropriate remedial actions to avoid such a disaster and needless deaths from ever happening again.

As an organization of physicians, we stand in readiness to deploy our expertise to help in any way possible. We are mobilizing our membership and coordinating with leaders at the 37 Military Hospital, Police Hospital and the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to provide needed material and manpower support in treating injured patients and appropriate sanitary disposition of the dead.

May the souls of the departed rest in eternal peace and may their families and friends find fortitude in these trying and difficult periods.

Y. Foli Sekyema, MD

President, GPSF

June 6, 2015