The Head of the Department of Surgery, University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS), Professor Mathew Kwame Yamoah Kyei, has underscored the need to include checking for kidney disorders in antenatal care policies at healthcare facilities.Such a move, he said, would not only help in the early detection of kidney cancer among pregnant women in the country, but also reduce the rate of kidney cancer-related deaths.Prof.
Kyei said this when he delivered a lecture at the University of Ghana, Legon, on Thursday, on the topic: "Naked but not ashamed: Revealing for good outcomes in the management of genito-urinary disorders."The lecture was based on findings of research studies conducted by Prof.
Kyei over the years as well as his experience as a urologist."We encourage that as a policy, antenatal scan should at least go a step further to look at kidney.
If we do that, then we are likely to get kidney cancers in an early stage, which are essentially curable.
