[ 2014-12-17 ]

British engineer coming to Ghana to put up free mortuary
A British engineer is to visit Ghana next January
to put up a laboratory and mortuary for free.

David Connolly, 28, will spend a week in Ghana to
finish up the project and is excited about it.

Connolly, of Pinfold Avenue, Sherburn-in-Elmet,
volunteered his services to Dr Mark Egan, the
founder of Labafrica, when he met the Home Office
pathologist as they dismantled the old laboratory
in Gateshead's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

The dad-of-two volunteered his services when Dr
Egan revealed he had purchased the equipment and
was transporting it to the West African country.

“I was really excited about the trip and when I
asked him what he got out of it he told me it was
the satisfaction of saving lives,” Conolly told
the York Press. “I put my services forward
because it's going to be an experience that
doesn't come around too often.”

He added: “I have a chance to meet some good
people and save some lives at the same time as
having the experience of a lifetime. I want to
challenge myself in a completely different culture
and environment.”

“I simply would not be able to do this without
him,” Dr Egan stated. “He is going to be
spending a week there in really bad conditions and
working from dawn until dusk. The amount of
experts we have in Ghana is not enough and this is
a specialist job. This equipment will ensure
it’s just like working in the UK."

Labafrica, a not for profit outfit and founded in
2010, boasts of a laboratory in Kenya and another
in Ghana. They have specialised in researching
into killer diseases. The new equipment will
protect the laboratory staff from contracting the
diseases they analyse.

Source - Starrfmonline

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