About the Authors

Foster Amponsah-Manu

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana

Augustine Badu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

augustine.badu@ktu.edu.gh

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana, Faculty of Health and Allied Sciences, Koforidua Technical University, Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana

Yubraj Acharya

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Administration, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America

Augustine kyere

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana

Philomena Quayson

Roles Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana

Jocelyn Asibey

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana

Samuel Attua

Roles Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana

Richmond Afrifa

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana

Eunice Serwaa Kegyeda

Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana

Samuel Morton

Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana

Richmond Ampofo

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana

Gloria Akofa Quarshie

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana

Offeibea-Effah Adarkwa

Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana

Arko Akoto Ampaw

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.