Doctor sacked after Today newspaper exposé

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Ama 8 years ago

The nurses should also be relieved of their duties. Many people die unnecessary deaths in Ghana due to unprofessional attitude of many healthcare professionals.

The nurses should also be relieved of their duties. Many people die unnecessary deaths in Ghana due to unprofessional attitude of many healthcare professionals.
vigour 8 years ago

Doctors trained by taxpayer is now holding the taxpayer to ransom because of money. There is no justification for this unprofessional behavior. The GMA has blood in their hands and we are waiting for their resignation or be f ...
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Doctors trained by taxpayer is now holding the taxpayer to ransom because of money. There is no justification for this unprofessional behavior. The GMA has blood in their hands and we are waiting for their resignation or be fired by govt. GMA will employ and pay them.
Nii 8 years ago

THEY SAY THEY WANT BIG MONEY. THEY SHOULD BE SUID FOR MAL PRACTICE. IF YOU COME TO WORK AND SOMEONE IS DYING HOW CAN YOU LOOK ON FOR THE PERSON TO DIE AND YOU CALL YOUR SELF A DOCTOR OR A NURSE? WHERE ON EARTH CAN YOU DO THAT ...
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THEY SAY THEY WANT BIG MONEY. THEY SHOULD BE SUID FOR MAL PRACTICE. IF YOU COME TO WORK AND SOMEONE IS DYING HOW CAN YOU LOOK ON FOR THE PERSON TO DIE AND YOU CALL YOUR SELF A DOCTOR OR A NURSE? WHERE ON EARTH CAN YOU DO THAT. THEY SHOULD BE STRIPPED OF THEIR LICENSE.
Saptain Season 8 years ago

This is a crime. they should be sued and loose their license.

This is a crime. they should be sued and loose their license.
Old student 8 years ago

I agree with you, the license will still be used somewhere in Ghana so it should be withdrawn. look at the behavior of emergency nurses. this is a clear indication that we are not in a profession because of its work but money ...
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I agree with you, the license will still be used somewhere in Ghana so it should be withdrawn. look at the behavior of emergency nurses. this is a clear indication that we are not in a profession because of its work but money.
kwaku ba 8 years ago

Where are the book long Ghana lawyers. They must press murder charges immediately. This is not acceptable. Is Ghana a lawless country of bandits. Ghanaians must protest this and parliament must act to pass and enforce laws pr ...
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Where are the book long Ghana lawyers. They must press murder charges immediately. This is not acceptable. Is Ghana a lawless country of bandits. Ghanaians must protest this and parliament must act to pass and enforce laws protecting Ghanaians from such acts. Why are we vagabonds and riff raffs to be treated like this.

Medical staff must be trained to deal with public. It must be mandatory as done in advanced countries. And laws need to amended so that medical staff are licensed and can be sued for malpractice.

If this was US, the dead man family will receive payment monthly from the hospital for many years.
Eric the icecool 8 years ago

Stupid the nest person to die is you, hold useless mahama responsible.

Stupid the nest person to die is you, hold useless mahama responsible.
Kwasi Boateng 8 years ago

Get your head straight. Is Mahama responsible for the Doctor being late to work and leaving before his work hours are up?

This is what most of the doctors do. They report to work late and leave before their hours are u ...
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Get your head straight. Is Mahama responsible for the Doctor being late to work and leaving before his work hours are up?

This is what most of the doctors do. They report to work late and leave before their hours are up even when there is emergency, yet they get full pay and they are still making more demands. Do not forget that some of these doctors steal supplies from the hospitals to supply private practices. I bet you still want to blame someone for all these.
effua mansa 8 years ago

His license should be revoked and jailed as it would be done in the US

His license should be revoked and jailed as it would be done in the US
Neutral Zone 8 years ago

Need to get rid of all of them. Most of them moonlight somewhere else yet want full pay.

Need to get rid of all of them. Most of them moonlight somewhere else yet want full pay.
Pontus Pilate 8 years ago

What the hell. What kind of disciplinary action is this? You fire a part time doctor for causing death and you think you've done well? How about reporting him to the GMA for his license to be withdrawn?

He definitely is w ...
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What the hell. What kind of disciplinary action is this? You fire a part time doctor for causing death and you think you've done well? How about reporting him to the GMA for his license to be withdrawn?

He definitely is working full time somewhere and working part time with you so what does he lose. And to make matters worse, your are refusing to publish his name. If the facts are correct then why don't you name and shame?
Ghana In Trouble. 8 years ago

Silly, unprofessional, Ghanaian nurses!
An elderly woman was admitted in a private Ghanaian hospital. A nurse on duty in the night thought the woman was not being quiet and rebuked her, wondering aloud why such an old lady ...
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Silly, unprofessional, Ghanaian nurses!
An elderly woman was admitted in a private Ghanaian hospital. A nurse on duty in the night thought the woman was not being quiet and rebuked her, wondering aloud why such an old lady should be brought to the hospital at all instead of being kept at home to die. She then proceeded to give her an overdose of the old woman's prescription. Nobody knows whether it was accidental or deliberate or due to lack of knowledge of how much of the prescription she was to give to the old woman. The old woman fell silent immediately, and drowsy until her passing about three days later. The old woman managed, however, to tell her experience in the hands of that particular nurse before she passed. She was 90. Sad to say the old lady was my sweet mother!
Most nurses in Ghana are indeed heartless and angry with themselves and everybody else. They see other people as animals. It's surprising to know that most of them are women.
Kwasi Boateng 8 years ago

Sorry to hear your mother went through this insanity! You are not alone, there are thousands of such insanity.

Sorry to hear your mother went through this insanity! You are not alone, there are thousands of such insanity.
Loway 8 years ago

And Evil people are backing them

And Evil people are backing them
Jazz 8 years ago

Then go to nursing school and help if you so desire since you want the nurses releved off their job. Don't forget what goe around comes around.

Then go to nursing school and help if you so desire since you want the nurses releved off their job. Don't forget what goe around comes around.
Kk 8 years ago

upon all these they still behave like gods. they should go ahead n resign we are fed up with their threats.

upon all these they still behave like gods. they should go ahead n resign we are fed up with their threats.
SAMITU ROSE 8 years ago

THIEVERY, CORRUPTION, SADA, GYEEDA, SUBAH, FAKE JDGT DEBTS, 8.7 OVER EXPENDITURE IN 2012 TO WIN ELECTIONS, ETC HAVE ALL COMBINED TO DESTROY GHANA SO THERE IS CHAOS EVERYWHERE NOW ....MORE SUFFERING ON THE WAY TILL WE KICK OUT ...
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THIEVERY, CORRUPTION, SADA, GYEEDA, SUBAH, FAKE JDGT DEBTS, 8.7 OVER EXPENDITURE IN 2012 TO WIN ELECTIONS, ETC HAVE ALL COMBINED TO DESTROY GHANA SO THERE IS CHAOS EVERYWHERE NOW ....MORE SUFFERING ON THE WAY TILL WE KICK OUT THIS CLUELESS WICKED NDC GOVT
Kwasi Boateng 8 years ago

In your twisted mind you think the Government is responsible for the deaths? Why do you not want to accept that this doctor is responsible? Wherever you are, I bet your employer will entertain you for reporting to work la ...
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In your twisted mind you think the Government is responsible for the deaths? Why do you not want to accept that this doctor is responsible? Wherever you are, I bet your employer will entertain you for reporting to work late, leaving work before your hours are up and then blame Obama and the Democratic party!
Comfort Abrokwah, USA 8 years ago

The disciplinary action taken against the doctor and the nurses are not enough. Their licenses NEED to be revoked,banned from ever practicing and be prosecuted for their negligence. And I'm talking as a nurse. Most Ghanaian n ...
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The disciplinary action taken against the doctor and the nurses are not enough. Their licenses NEED to be revoked,banned from ever practicing and be prosecuted for their negligence. And I'm talking as a nurse. Most Ghanaian nurses give this noble profession a bad name. Shame on them.
CORNEY 8 years ago

Well,we all know that in the civilized world the nurses attend to patients before going for the doctor but in our backward society I always hear and have witnessed the nurses say there is no doctor,they cannot attend to pati ...
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Well,we all know that in the civilized world the nurses attend to patients before going for the doctor but in our backward society I always hear and have witnessed the nurses say there is no doctor,they cannot attend to patiens which I dont understand and I wonder what kind of training these nurses have and what their responsibilities are,at least give the person first aid while waiting for the doctor.
Are they not trained how to treat wounds and if so why they cannot display what they have learnt?
The punishment is too lenient and I wonder how removal from night duty can be punishment,may be that is the time they get to sleep.

Lateness to work and leaving work early is a common practice in Ghana,that doctor is not alone,most of his colleagues do the same but they want to get paid more than every worker in the world.
Titriku 8 years ago

CORNEY,
I CAN TELL FROM YOUR COMMENT THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT PATIENT CARE. NURSES WORK WITH ORDERS FROM DOCTORS. WHICH CIVILIZED COUNTRY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I AM WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE.

CORNEY,
I CAN TELL FROM YOUR COMMENT THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT PATIENT CARE. NURSES WORK WITH ORDERS FROM DOCTORS. WHICH CIVILIZED COUNTRY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I AM WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
CORNEY 8 years ago

Titriku,you don't even understand my comment.
Where did I say nurses don't work without order and who told you nurses take order before giving First Aid,do you even know what is First Aid,Mr ignorant?

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Titriku,you don't even understand my comment.
Where did I say nurses don't work without order and who told you nurses take order before giving First Aid,do you even know what is First Aid,Mr ignorant?

Let me tell you that not only I know a lot about health care but have certificates in that field though I don't do that any more,even lunatics know that when a wounded man comes to a hospital the first thing is first aid,not even that a nurse or whoever knows how to give first aid will do that even on a road side.
Just get lost,this topic is above you,if you are in the health sector then you are a waste,government is wasting money on you,you sound like some of those clueless workers in Ghana.

Go read my comment again to see where I wrote nurses should have given him medication,it seems some of you don't know the difference between medication and First Aid.
Get lost with your sorry ass.
Kwasi Boateng 8 years ago

Hey my friend, stay away from subject you do not know about! A Nurse, Comfort just told you she is talking as a Nurse in the USA and you are asking such questions?

That is USA, Nurses do their job. They see the pati ...
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Hey my friend, stay away from subject you do not know about! A Nurse, Comfort just told you she is talking as a Nurse in the USA and you are asking such questions?

That is USA, Nurses do their job. They see the patient before the Doctor comes in and if a patient needs emergency care like wounds being taking care of, the Nurse will take care of it if it is a life or death situation. Paramedics do the same thing. They do not fold their hands for the Patient to die!
Abraham 8 years ago

Corney is right at least the Nurse on duty must give First Aid help in absent of the Doctor. so get your fact right

Corney is right at least the Nurse on duty must give First Aid help in absent of the Doctor. so get your fact right
Frank Agyena-Karikari 8 years ago

Corney, it is sad the two patients died but I don't totally blame the nurses. Nurses do not give medication. What they do is take reasons for your visit and send it to the Doctor who attend to you. They cannot give you ordina ...
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Corney, it is sad the two patients died but I don't totally blame the nurses. Nurses do not give medication. What they do is take reasons for your visit and send it to the Doctor who attend to you. They cannot give you ordinary saline infusion without the Doctors' permission. Why? Because even in the Developed Countries, there is nothing like there is no Doctor. However, if you report at some hospitals with some kind of ailments, Doctors on duty will not attend to you. A pregnant friend of mine developed gallstone at the same period. There was no specialist to attend to her at the time. She was not even given a pain medicine as she cried and complained of pains until after 12 hours when a specialist on duty at Emory University came to attend to her. When I asked why no Doctor would attend to her, it was explained to me that it needed a complex surgery. No Doctor or nurse present will give her any medication.
Corney you also know that if you go to any hospital in Denver, Washington etc, no nurse will give you even a common pain medicine until the Doctor on duty say so after your lab results are in. The reason for that is only Physician assistants, Practicing nurses and medical Docs are the only ones that can write prescription. Ordinary nurses cannot write prescription or give medication. They do so at the peril of their licences and also being sued. Nobody wants that. I am not saying if someone is bleeding to death, the one should not be attended to. What the nurses should have done was refer the patient immediately to the nearest hospital. It has happened to me in ATL before.
I do not doubt the capabilities of our nurses. I tell you some of our nurses are more experienced and capable than some of our Doctors. We can change situations by making it legal for our Senior nurses to be able to write prescriptions and attend to patients in the absence of Doctors.
As for workers going to work late and leaving early is true with all Ghanaians except the military and Police which are "Force work".
With the docs asking for more money and conditions of service, Corney, some of their demands are quite outrageous but you would have done same if you were in their positions. They compare their lots to some category of workers. I find it hard why various governments could not sit down to settle on their conditions of service. How should one whose work is seen as essential and also risky be employed without conditions of service. This can only happen in Africa and some Third World countries.(I don't blame Mahama for the crisis because this situation has been there since the time of Adam). Mahama and some government appointees did not help matters with their utterances and some opposition party members are stoking the embers. The situation is not helping the average and poor Ghanaian. Why do we have to let many people die before this simple issue is resolved?
CORNEY 8 years ago

Frank I did not say anywhere that the nurses should have given him medication,I wrote they should have attended to him to offer him first aid while waiting for a doctor.
Here if you go to the hospital it is a routine that w ...
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Frank I did not say anywhere that the nurses should have given him medication,I wrote they should have attended to him to offer him first aid while waiting for a doctor.
Here if you go to the hospital it is a routine that when you are taken in a CNA or a Medical Assistant will attend to you first and then the nurse before a doctor is called in,sometimes they do X-ray before the doctor comes in if that is necessary,I believe strongly all that was done for your pregnant friend and she was given a bed,not left unattended,your friend waiting for a specialist did not mean they did not attend to her,they checked her in but they were not in a position to treat her since she needed a specialist which is not the same as what happened in this case.

I had medication classes many times and know the protocol in giving medication,I did a work which that was a requirement for almost everybody regardless of your position and it is a pass or fail class that you are given certificate which qualifies you as what they call QMAP to give medication to people.

Most of the nurses in Ghana if not all don't have respect for patients as we see here,no nurse in America will sit down while a patient is dying,saying there is no doctor,she will definitely do her part before waiting for the doctor.
I had experience of going to Kaiser one day and when the doctor who was supposed to see me was busy not coming early they brought a different doctor but they cannot do that to your friend because her visit was not a primary visit.

I witnessed that attitude of nurses in Ghana myself and the wounded man had to be taken to Korlebu when the nurses refused to even sit them down just sitting down telling them there was no doctor and making mockery of the patient that he may have gone to rob somebody and they cut his arm,very barbaric,they sometimes even beat the patiens with insults just very common.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 8 years ago

Most of the things you said are true but the much that a nurse can do for you(except a Practicing Nurse) prior to being seen by the Doctor is to take your height, weight, temperature blood pressure and complain. This fowarde ...
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Most of the things you said are true but the much that a nurse can do for you(except a Practicing Nurse) prior to being seen by the Doctor is to take your height, weight, temperature blood pressure and complain. This fowarded to the Doctor who if need be ask for needed bloodwork and X'ray to be done before the Doctor attends to you. Sometimes the Doctor can ask for some first aid to be given while he/she waits for the results of the requested tests. Even the giving of first aid before test results are in is seldom done. So, if a patient is given a kind of fluid or first aid, it would be at the instance of the Doctor. The nurse will not give it on her own.
When you talk about some of our nurses not being respectful and uncaring, that has been the truth for a long time. You go to the hospital and some nurses will treat you like a subhuman, though some nurses are good. Sometimes you have to pay bribe before you can see the Doctor. We cannot always blame the nurses for that because they are not very well paid and others are not paid for 22 months. Will they not be frustrated? They also have families to feed.
As for our Doctors whose agitations I sometimes agree with some of them, Do not suggest anything to them when you are in their consulting room. Not long ago, it happened to me. I was having a rise in body temperature and I visited Koforidua Central Government Hospital. I started by speaking Twi to him explaining to him how I feel. He became so angry when I suggested to him that it looks like I am having fever. He burst out angrily:"If you know that you have Fever, why then do you come here? Go to the Pharmacy and buy your medication. I sat silently and watched him. Whe he was done, I also changed the Meterband to English, yelled and cursed at him That surprised him because people treat them as demi gods. I continued yelling, got up, opened his consulting room door, cursed him more for people to hear and finally banged his door and left while people around watched me. I later regreted for throwing courtesy to the dogs but sometimes you can't help it.
Why should there be only one Doctor at a hospital at any point in time? They become overworked, frustrated, tired and sometimes see that the World cannot be without them. They then pour their anger on patients. Why should one Doctor see over 50 patients a day.
CORNEY 8 years ago

Frank,we are talking about a wounded patient who needed emergency care,a wounded patient bleeding,no nurse anywhere in the world needs doctor's order to attend to such victim to give first aid to the patient,we are not talkin ...
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Frank,we are talking about a wounded patient who needed emergency care,a wounded patient bleeding,no nurse anywhere in the world needs doctor's order to attend to such victim to give first aid to the patient,we are not talking about giving a medication to a primary care patient,they are two different things,people are trained like the nurses to take care of bleeding patients which does not need any doctor's permission to do,I'm not a nurse but if I see somebody like that and I feel comfortable in helping that person I will only have to inform that patient that I'm CPR qualified,I will help him or her,that is what is required,you don't need order from any doctor to do that,the reason why they train these people in First Aid is to do such things but not sit down saying there is no doctor.
Kwasi Boateng 8 years ago

Concur, my friend.

Concur, my friend.
Kwasi Boateng 8 years ago

Frank, giving medication is one thing, and treating wounds to stop bleeding is another, that is first aid which Nurses are trained to do and can do. There are a lot of things Nurses are trained and authorized to do for pati ...
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Frank, giving medication is one thing, and treating wounds to stop bleeding is another, that is first aid which Nurses are trained to do and can do. There are a lot of things Nurses are trained and authorized to do for patients in the absence of the Doctor. In this report, the patient was an accident victim who was bleeding, are the Nurses to do nothing?
Titriku 8 years ago

I DOUBT YOUR BEING A NURSE IN THE USA. THE DOCTOR WAS WRONG AND GOT HIS PUNISHMENT. IN YOUR FACILITY DO YOU NURSES WORK WITHOUT MD ORDERS? YOU CAN GIVE OXYGEN AS A NURSE BUT YOU WILL DEFINITELY COVER YOUR BEHIND GETTING AN OR ...
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I DOUBT YOUR BEING A NURSE IN THE USA. THE DOCTOR WAS WRONG AND GOT HIS PUNISHMENT. IN YOUR FACILITY DO YOU NURSES WORK WITHOUT MD ORDERS? YOU CAN GIVE OXYGEN AS A NURSE BUT YOU WILL DEFINITELY COVER YOUR BEHIND GETTING AN ORDER LATER.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 8 years ago

Titriku, I just like that posting. "Cover your behind." Yes some nurses do that that will be off records. I have become so much used to my Primary Care Physician and the nurses that one of the nurses can give me medications t ...
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Titriku, I just like that posting. "Cover your behind." Yes some nurses do that that will be off records. I have become so much used to my Primary Care Physician and the nurses that one of the nurses can give me medications that I request before getting an order.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 8 years ago

Comfort, as a nurse in the USA as you claim to be, let me ask you if you can even give ordinary Tylenol to a patient without the consent of a Doctor and also lab results? Try it but pray things do not go wrong. You can be sue ...
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Comfort, as a nurse in the USA as you claim to be, let me ask you if you can even give ordinary Tylenol to a patient without the consent of a Doctor and also lab results? Try it but pray things do not go wrong. You can be sued and lose your license. Even some Doctors after taking your history send you straight to a specialist because such sickness will have to be attended by a specialist. As a nurse, how many times have you seen Docs refering cases to other Docs.
The only wrong I can see the nurses did was they did not probably refer the patient early enough. Probably these nurses are among the ones who have not been paid for many months and are working half hearted.
CORNEY 8 years ago

Frank,Comfort didn't say anywhere that the nurses should have given him medication,as a nurse she knows that or whoever works in the health sector knows that,First Aid to a patient does not mean you are going to give medicati ...
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Frank,Comfort didn't say anywhere that the nurses should have given him medication,as a nurse she knows that or whoever works in the health sector knows that,First Aid to a patient does not mean you are going to give medication to the patient,some of us who took the First Aid class know how to treat a wounded person to at least stop the flow of blood up until help arrives,that is the protocol that all nurses in Ghana supposed to know,even police,fire service and others whose jobs are to deal directly with human beings supposed to know that.
Comfort is absolutely right,you lose your lincense when you are found guilty for such thing,people lose lincense for minor things than this.
Kwasi Boateng 8 years ago

Thank you. I do not know where Frank is getting these from. He seems to be sympathetic to the Nurses and the Doctor and showing he cares less about the patient that lost his life.

Thank you. I do not know where Frank is getting these from. He seems to be sympathetic to the Nurses and the Doctor and showing he cares less about the patient that lost his life.
Kwasi Boateng 8 years ago

Now Frank, Could the Nurses not have treated the patient with some tender loving care? Tried to stop the bleeding? What then is the difference between the Nurses Aid and the RN? What then is the difference between the L ...
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Now Frank, Could the Nurses not have treated the patient with some tender loving care? Tried to stop the bleeding? What then is the difference between the Nurses Aid and the RN? What then is the difference between the LPN and the RN?

You finish your statements in sympathetic tone to the Doctors and Nurses and seem to care less about the patient that lost his/her life. Surely I see negligence here. Not being paid has no relevance here. I believe these Doctors and Nurses must be paid but these are Apples and Oranges. If and when they show up to work, they must do what they are trained and required to do.
ugly akufo addo 8 years ago

serebour , edusei , yankson. are members of npp n must be sacked

serebour , edusei , yankson. are members of npp n must be sacked
Eric the icecool 8 years ago

The most stupid and useless person in Ghana is you, sack senseless mahama first.

The most stupid and useless person in Ghana is you, sack senseless mahama first.
Concern citizen 8 years ago

Mr.Eric, i think u r a genleman who will always come out with constructive criticism.
Forgive me if u take an offence.
Remember life is a boomerang .
We shld learn to respect our leaders whether they are performing well or ...
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Mr.Eric, i think u r a genleman who will always come out with constructive criticism.
Forgive me if u take an offence.
Remember life is a boomerang .
We shld learn to respect our leaders whether they are performing well or not, no matter which ever party they may belong to.
Tnx
MenayeAFUAforiwa 8 years ago

Is this all that you can say about this story? I pity you very much. Seek wisdom.

Is this all that you can say about this story? I pity you very much. Seek wisdom.
GBEWAA 8 years ago

MEANWHILE, PEOPLE WILL WORK HARD, THEN WHEN THE MONEY COMES IN, THE POLITICIANS LOOT IT IN A PLETHORA OF ALLOWANCES, FRAUDULENT JUDGMENT DEBTS PAYMENTS AND PAYMENTS TO ARTICLE NONSENSE OFFICE HOLDERS.

...AND THERE'S NOTH ...
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MEANWHILE, PEOPLE WILL WORK HARD, THEN WHEN THE MONEY COMES IN, THE POLITICIANS LOOT IT IN A PLETHORA OF ALLOWANCES, FRAUDULENT JUDGMENT DEBTS PAYMENTS AND PAYMENTS TO ARTICLE NONSENSE OFFICE HOLDERS.

...AND THERE'S NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SHOW FOR ALL THOSE PAYMENTS TO THE RULING CLASS CALLED POLITICIANS, ARTICLE NONSENSE OFFICE HOLDERS, HONOURABLES AND HIS/HER EXCELLENCIES.
Kwame Abrokwa 8 years ago

Where were the full time Doctor (s) of the hospital in question?.....

Where were the full time Doctor (s) of the hospital in question?.....
Kofi 8 years ago

Thank you! And where was the medical superintendent himself?

Thank you! And where was the medical superintendent himself?
peeeee 8 years ago

Please ask the nurse,it it was their daughter or husband???

Please ask the nurse,it it was their daughter or husband???
Togbe 8 years ago

We are not surprice. Money loving drs & nurse. Dey behave as if there is no tomorrow.

We are not surprice. Money loving drs & nurse. Dey behave as if there is no tomorrow.
Kwatye 8 years ago

This is what the doctor want's to happen in dis country n God is going to ask dem.what a stupids doctors we hv in dis country.if somebody is asking for something does it mean should u go to skrike sptopids doctors

This is what the doctor want's to happen in dis country n God is going to ask dem.what a stupids doctors we hv in dis country.if somebody is asking for something does it mean should u go to skrike sptopids doctors
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Kofi Antwi 8 years ago

Well done but this is not enough to warrant the lost of life.I think the doctor and the nurses should be charged with manslaughter to deter these kind of attitude from the so called professionals whose most important principl ...
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Well done but this is not enough to warrant the lost of life.I think the doctor and the nurses should be charged with manslaughter to deter these kind of attitude from the so called professionals whose most important principle of working is based on biomedical ethics of nonmalefecence, beneficence and others.
1 Donvitocolioo 8 years ago

I dont understand the type of nurses we have in Ghana. If there is no doctor they can not perform simple check on patient which could prevent people from passing away. A check that a trined PARAMEDIC OR EMT could do with thei ...
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I dont understand the type of nurses we have in Ghana. If there is no doctor they can not perform simple check on patient which could prevent people from passing away. A check that a trined PARAMEDIC OR EMT could do with their eyes closed. If our nurses are more pro active, they can prevent a lot of untimely death in Ghana instead of saying there is no doctor and they don't even check the patients "vitals".
Nicholas Onwona 8 years ago

I am sometimes much soaked with tears of sadness wishing to crush some parts of the world if I could have it in my own hands.

Almost, all religions believe that we are all equally made. However in professions and daily lif ...
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I am sometimes much soaked with tears of sadness wishing to crush some parts of the world if I could have it in my own hands.

Almost, all religions believe that we are all equally made. However in professions and daily life, there is a wide gap and difference wider than the width of an ocean.

For many times, we do hear workers and staffs going on strike either for increase in payment or seeking for conditions of service. This act cannot be overruled as depicted in the labor acts of a country such as Ghana.

The effect of these is that the needy and less resource people are much affected. This can be clearly seen as doctors are on strike in Ghana.

My question is, is it that the farmers also don't wish for better prices for their commodities? Is it that they are not concerned about having conditions of service?

Farming is not easy and a person who is being involved in this activity knows what I am talking about. In fact, there is no magic in agriculture. The least period of returns can be two months.

Majority of farmers in Ghana are peasants, earning as low as less than 2000 cedis ( about $600) in a year irrespective of how much they toil. They are indeed not lazy! These farmers do also have family size of more than five.

One may think life is all about food and their level of living is low. However the imagination, this is not the case. The current situation of climate change backed with severe pests and diseases have really ruin the lives of many farmers. Some farmers are the poorest in Ghana. Hmmm they too vote.

Nonetheless, doctors, politicians, lawyers, judges, teachers, staffs and all beings depend on these farmers locally or internationally for survival and even before they speak.

I suggest if people don't appreciate our efforts, and still withdrawn their duties from the hospital, court, classroom and others, we too will withdrawn from the farms and concentrate on subsistence production as others are seeking only for their own cares.

For many times, we too face economic and social challenges such as no subsidies on inputs, poor marketing channels, poor road networks, bad trading systems with low prices, climate change, etc. Our cries for help have even drain the oceans in us. Nonetheless we still care and are always on duties whether rain or shine, light or no light.

These farmers I suggest, need not praises for their efforts. However, they too have hearts to feel, eyes to see and ears listening to what is really happening in the country. Watch out!!!!!!.

Written by: Nicholas Onwona

An agriculturalist, advocator and motivational speaker. He is known as the ` Youth in agricultural development' connecting young and vibrant people into agriculture.

` I wish someone will really help to support these young entrepreneurs.'
Ama Agyeiwaa 8 years ago

This is pure intimidation and injustice to suppress the free thinking of our citizens. I have never in my life seen and witnessed such brutality, pain, and suffering inflicted on citizens of a country by its government. This ...
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This is pure intimidation and injustice to suppress the free thinking of our citizens. I have never in my life seen and witnessed such brutality, pain, and suffering inflicted on citizens of a country by its government. This NDC government under John Mahama is the most wicked political administration ever in any human society. But, i have no doubt in my mind that the omnipotent God in Heaven will hold each one of us accountable for our evil minds......We may suffer but for a while
ASEMPAYE 8 years ago

Most of our Ghanaian health workers are in the wrong profession. They basically lack what it takes to be a health worker. Butchers who don't possess the basic ethics of the medical profession.They could NEVER practice in any ...
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Most of our Ghanaian health workers are in the wrong profession. They basically lack what it takes to be a health worker. Butchers who don't possess the basic ethics of the medical profession.They could NEVER practice in any civilized country with kind of attitude. They don't deserve their salaries not to let alone better service conditions.
kwame 8 years ago

Well done, but this doctor should not be sack alone but must be jail as well

Well done, but this doctor should not be sack alone but must be jail as well
Anthony Kwaku 8 years ago

I believe the Doctorate profession is no more a call.They sear for nothing.

I believe the Doctorate profession is no more a call.They sear for nothing.
Nana Adwoa Agyekum 8 years ago

De doc.didnt try @ all.Dis doctors nd nurses,i think dey dont know wat God has installed 4 dem.Other dan dat dey wouldnt bhave dis way

De doc.didnt try @ all.Dis doctors nd nurses,i think dey dont know wat God has installed 4 dem.Other dan dat dey wouldnt bhave dis way
Izash UK 8 years ago

Good job Dr Abilla, well done. That is the discipline lacking in Ghana.
You, by your action, have proved that discipline can be installed in hospital environments. This is exactly what would have happened in any advanced cou ...
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Good job Dr Abilla, well done. That is the discipline lacking in Ghana.
You, by your action, have proved that discipline can be installed in hospital environments. This is exactly what would have happened in any advanced country, ie putting patients' life first
Papa2 8 years ago

Sue them, doctor p?us nurses!

Sue them, doctor p?us nurses!
KK 8 years ago

DO NOT SHIELD THAT UNFIT DOCTOR EXPOSE HIM. ELSE HE WILL REPEAT THE DOSE ELSE WHERE.

DO NOT SHIELD THAT UNFIT DOCTOR EXPOSE HIM. ELSE HE WILL REPEAT THE DOSE ELSE WHERE.
PV 8 years ago

A KIA truck GB 1779-12 fully loaded with Special Ice sachet water has been stolen from BENNAB filling station at Atomic Junction, North Legon since last Monday.
Anybody with information leading to
the whereabouts of the t ...
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A KIA truck GB 1779-12 fully loaded with Special Ice sachet water has been stolen from BENNAB filling station at Atomic Junction, North Legon since last Monday.
Anybody with information leading to
the whereabouts of the truck should
kindly inform the police or call
0244255697 / 0201209350.
Thank you.
nyamebekyere 8 years ago

Where was the medical supridentant
Is he not a doctor

Where was the medical supridentant
Is he not a doctor
Annan....... GERMANY 8 years ago

Intervention is the only solution.
The 2 ex presidents should intervene here before Friday.
The government is feeling reluctant to do so because of politics.l would wish the states men should sit down with president Mahama ...
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Intervention is the only solution.
The 2 ex presidents should intervene here before Friday.
The government is feeling reluctant to do so because of politics.l would wish the states men should sit down with president Mahama and address this issue.I believe strongly Our doctors will hind and return.
2+1+1
Ex President Rawlings+Ex president Kofour
President Mahama
Gma
Amidini 8 years ago

Dr Abilla well done. Dr Abilla is the type of medical directors we want in the system.

Dr Abilla well done. Dr Abilla is the type of medical directors we want in the system.
Issah Ibrahim 8 years ago

Good move of course. The nurses too should have been sacked. If government risk and terminate all the doctors contract they will suffer. Stop politicizing everything in Ghana

Good move of course. The nurses too should have been sacked. If government risk and terminate all the doctors contract they will suffer. Stop politicizing everything in Ghana
KOFI kwame 8 years ago

The Nuses has to be Sacked too,this practices was going on for more than 50years in Ghana Health Sector,Secondly a law has to be in place to seizes any Docts license to practice in The Land,if really nobody or Profession is a ...
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The Nuses has to be Sacked too,this practices was going on for more than 50years in Ghana Health Sector,Secondly a law has to be in place to seizes any Docts license to practice in The Land,if really nobody or Profession is above the Law of The land ,Else left Ghana Doctors alone to Keep on Killing Us.
kwaku Q 8 years ago

Those nurses at Amasaman health centre,are jxt unprofessionals with one fat silly woman at the pharmacy who like shouting at patients.tell her i said she should go to hell,fire burn her into arshes.stupid woman.

Those nurses at Amasaman health centre,are jxt unprofessionals with one fat silly woman at the pharmacy who like shouting at patients.tell her i said she should go to hell,fire burn her into arshes.stupid woman.
Baby police 8 years ago

Wow, U knW everything happening there..hope everyone will see what u r seeing at amasaman hospital..some comments here are just annoying..
There's is also another useless fat nurse there who lives around fise..

Wow, U knW everything happening there..hope everyone will see what u r seeing at amasaman hospital..some comments here are just annoying..
There's is also another useless fat nurse there who lives around fise..
hahahaha 8 years ago

the story says that the doctor is a part time doctor, so how do you sack a part time doctor?

the story says that the doctor is a part time doctor, so how do you sack a part time doctor?
akwamey-new york 8 years ago

I am a nurse in New York. In an emergency situation, you aren't going to wait for the doctor to stop a bleeding or to administer normal saline or to lower the patients head to prevent stroke.The nurses in Ghana re like stooge ...
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I am a nurse in New York. In an emergency situation, you aren't going to wait for the doctor to stop a bleeding or to administer normal saline or to lower the patients head to prevent stroke.The nurses in Ghana re like stooges.Thats why they don't get the respect they deserve from the Doctors and the population at large
Akajatame 8 years ago

Dr superintendent Abila well done but it left one thing collect his license from him. I beg you do that for me and i will be happy .The nurses is not enough take hard action on them if it will be sacked all of them please do ...
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Dr superintendent Abila well done but it left one thing collect his license from him. I beg you do that for me and i will be happy .The nurses is not enough take hard action on them if it will be sacked all of them please do that for me and i will be happy.
GHANA FIRST 8 years ago

Very good Amansaman. Keep it up. No human being is superior and non is better than the other. We all need each other. NPP politics of 'we alone are better than everyone else' is endangering the progress of Ghana. They must su ...
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Very good Amansaman. Keep it up. No human being is superior and non is better than the other. We all need each other. NPP politics of 'we alone are better than everyone else' is endangering the progress of Ghana. They must suffer for it. NPP must remain in opposition infinitum.
Annan....... GERMANY 8 years ago

Doctors hold Medical licence to provide treatment.Apart from their doctorate degree alone does not warrant them to do so.These policies think you can disperse the services of Doctors.becoming a doctor thru sociology. Agronomy ...
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Doctors hold Medical licence to provide treatment.Apart from their doctorate degree alone does not warrant them to do so.These policies think you can disperse the services of Doctors.becoming a doctor thru sociology. Agronomy.physiology.character.English.mathematics.dancing doctors are the guys tuning this country.Then they want to shoulder off Doctors.
These 2+1+1 meeting will save the masses from dying.
back door director 8 years ago

Gradually the doctors are being targeted individually.
Send mystery clients to document dereliction of duty. Later prosecute them.

Gradually the doctors are being targeted individually.
Send mystery clients to document dereliction of duty. Later prosecute them.
BRUCE LEE 8 years ago

Withdraw his license prosecute him fire the nurses.

Withdraw his license prosecute him fire the nurses.
ELOLO,HO 8 years ago

THUS THE ACTION TO TAKE AGAINST ANY DOCTOR WHO MAY PUT ON SUCH ATTITUDE.THIS WILL SERVE AS DETERRENT TO OTHER DOCTORS. THE NURSES SHOULD NOT BE EXEMPTED AT. DONT THEY HAVE CONCIENCE AT ALL? WICKED PEOPLE

THUS THE ACTION TO TAKE AGAINST ANY DOCTOR WHO MAY PUT ON SUCH ATTITUDE.THIS WILL SERVE AS DETERRENT TO OTHER DOCTORS. THE NURSES SHOULD NOT BE EXEMPTED AT. DONT THEY HAVE CONCIENCE AT ALL? WICKED PEOPLE
schwa 8 years ago

President by all means
All die by die
Encourage. Civil strife
Pour acid on opponents Senseless election.
Make Ghana ungovernable to make Akluffoi Binladdo president.
Ghanafo Ehu be nyinaa.

President by all means
All die by die
Encourage. Civil strife
Pour acid on opponents Senseless election.
Make Ghana ungovernable to make Akluffoi Binladdo president.
Ghanafo Ehu be nyinaa.
Dentern 8 years ago

Dismissing those involved doesn't
end the case their licenses are in
Jeopardy as well

Dismissing those involved doesn't
end the case their licenses are in
Jeopardy as well
Dentern 8 years ago

Are you saying nurses wait for an order to attend to a bleeding patients?
The nurse must attempt to stop the bleeding if there is no doctor on the ER. In all other situations a doctors order is required before a nurse can
a ...
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Are you saying nurses wait for an order to attend to a bleeding patients?
The nurse must attempt to stop the bleeding if there is no doctor on the ER. In all other situations a doctors order is required before a nurse can
attend to a patient
boss ONE 8 years ago

See what these chimpanzees called npp people are doing to Ghanaians,will see what happens come ,2016

See what these chimpanzees called npp people are doing to Ghanaians,will see what happens come ,2016
akuffo addo 8 years ago

Very good supertendant. Sack any lazy and callous doctor in ur jurisdiction. God will reward u

Very good supertendant. Sack any lazy and callous doctor in ur jurisdiction. God will reward u
Darling boy 8 years ago

so sad. someone's son, brother or father jah knows

so sad. someone's son, brother or father jah knows
Vincent USA 8 years ago

Comfort or Corney , Titriku, Frank Agyena karikari Kwasi Boateng. All have done well by your comments. if only Ghanaian should digest issues and give comments on them that would make sense to people to read, then we may get t ...
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Comfort or Corney , Titriku, Frank Agyena karikari Kwasi Boateng. All have done well by your comments. if only Ghanaian should digest issues and give comments on them that would make sense to people to read, then we may get there one as a nation regardless of our political or tribal affiliations. Rather than heaping insult on people, and call it a democracy. I would not say much, but just say well done you guys about your contribution to this particular article on these doctor and the three nurses.
Ssali 8 years ago

the comments some of us give on this network is bad. we shld educate and imform than to insult. what will we gain by insulting the president or Nana Addo? we shld respect our elders.

the comments some of us give on this network is bad. we shld educate and imform than to insult. what will we gain by insulting the president or Nana Addo? we shld respect our elders.
Concern citizen 8 years ago

After treatment from the doctor to receive drug prescription by a patient, the medicine counter assistant put de folder of the patient to the last bottom with de fact dat he is an NDC man.
The big question is:Do teachers d ...
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After treatment from the doctor to receive drug prescription by a patient, the medicine counter assistant put de folder of the patient to the last bottom with de fact dat he is an NDC man.
The big question is:Do teachers discriminate to say dat this person is an NDC,NPP or CPP so he/she is not going to teach a particular group of students in which he is a part.
Pls this is not politics, it's real.
We are talking generally about the attitude of health workers
MASUD,UK 8 years ago

What a hell, things like this only happens in Africa not in the developed countries.With all this all this unacceptable attitude towards work and they are still asking for unrealistic demands from the government, shocking red ...
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What a hell, things like this only happens in Africa not in the developed countries.With all this all this unacceptable attitude towards work and they are still asking for unrealistic demands from the government, shocking redraw his licence outright to serve as s deterrent to his colleague doctors.Bullucks man.
Tell the thruth 8 years ago

The Government should pay immediate attention to to the polluted Rivers Tano, PRA, Birim,Bia and Ankobra.Stop any Galamsey mining. These polluted Rivers are Harzadous to Human health.Ghana can not afford to let these ...
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The Government should pay immediate attention to to the polluted Rivers Tano, PRA, Birim,Bia and Ankobra.Stop any Galamsey mining. These polluted Rivers are Harzadous to Human health.Ghana can not afford to let these Rivers Polluted.
Alinka Williams 8 years ago

It is about time the taxpayer should be respected in this country.no worker should be allowed to hold them at ransom because of money.

It is about time the taxpayer should be respected in this country.no worker should be allowed to hold them at ransom because of money.
citizen Yaw Boateng 8 years ago

Wat a stupid doctor in Ghana.

Wat a stupid doctor in Ghana.

Doctor sacked after Today newspaper exposé

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