KNUST seeks partnership to train more doctors

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SAMITU ROSE 8 years ago

WICKED NDC WILL SEND STUDENTS TO CUBA ON A BLOATED BUDGET INSTEAD OF PROMOTING OUR MEDICAL SCHOOLS TO ENABLE THEM ABSORB AND TRAIN MORE STUDENTS....NDC IS TO WICKED AND SATANIC AND MUST BE VOTED OUT IN 2016 BY ALL MEANS

WICKED NDC WILL SEND STUDENTS TO CUBA ON A BLOATED BUDGET INSTEAD OF PROMOTING OUR MEDICAL SCHOOLS TO ENABLE THEM ABSORB AND TRAIN MORE STUDENTS....NDC IS TO WICKED AND SATANIC AND MUST BE VOTED OUT IN 2016 BY ALL MEANS
Read 8 years ago

Ask your idiotic self who trained the Cubans? When Castro came to power the rich and powerful doctors fled to USA. Fifty plus years on look at what they have achieved.They have no natural resources as Ghana.Read the article b ...
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Ask your idiotic self who trained the Cubans? When Castro came to power the rich and powerful doctors fled to USA. Fifty plus years on look at what they have achieved.They have no natural resources as Ghana.Read the article below and put your selfish NPP infested brain up where it belongs.

By Elio Delgado Legón

— Last week, I attended the last graduation of medical doctors to be held in Cuba this year. It was indeed a marvellous privilege to see the over one thousand new physicians.

Of the graduates, 735 were from around the world (including 58 from China and eight from the United States), students from poor families who would have been unable to afford paying for this university career in their countries.

It is indeed reassuring to know that this white-coated army, now swelling the ranks of those who look alter the health of our people and the peoples of more than 70 countries scattered across the globe, did not have to pay a cent for the high-quality scientific and humanistic education they received.

According to the figures that were made public during the ceremony, a total of 10,526 students graduated from medical school across the country this year. If we count those who have completed their studies in all health fields (dentists, psychologists, nurses, technicians, physiotherapists and others), the number goes up to 29,712. Of that total, 5,020 were foreign students who received scholarships, in view of the fact they were unable to afford these studies in their country of origin.

Elio3This may seem like a high number of students for a country as small as Cuba, but, in fact, it isn’t. The demand for medical doctors around the world is immense, and Cuba is not given to thinking exclusively and egotistically about its own needs.

Today, millions of children around the world continue to die as a result of illnesses that could be prevented with a simple vaccine, and millions of others perish due to a lack of proper medical attention.

Cuba contracts its services to those countries that have the means to pay for them. However, it also offers these same services to poor countries free of charge as a gesture of solidarity. Haiti is an important case in point.

Cuba has taken in students from small countries in the Caribbean and trained them as medical doctors, nurses and other health personnel free of charge, so that they may offer the medical services their populations require.

elio2While watching the graduation ceremony, listening to the words of gratitude of a number of foreign students, and seeing the commitment assumed by Cuban graduates, I thought that, even if the revolution that triumphed in Cuba on January 1st, 1959 had not done all of the things it can proudly point to today, even if it had limited itself to doing what it has done in the field of education and health, even then, all of our sacrifices over these long years of struggle would have been worth it.

There will always be those who look to the sun and see, rather than light, only its spots. We know our revolution isn’t perfect, as no human undertaking is perfect. But, what the Cuban revolution has done, continues to do and will do for the poor of the earth is enough for us to feel proud to be Cuban and revolutionaries.

We can add to this the almost unheard-of fact that all the young people who graduate from Cuban universities today have the guarantee of a job in the country, something which contrasts rather starkly with the situation of unemployment faced by young people nearly everywhere around the world.

Finally, to reply to those who continue to complain about Cuba’s next to inexistent racism, allow me to refer to the following fact: sixty percent of the students who participated at the graduation ceremony I attended are either black or mixed race, and the immense majority of the patients who receive medical attention from Cuban doctors in over 70 countries around the world are not white.
pop 8 years ago

GOOD OMNE

GOOD OMNE
JS Bach 8 years ago

Where sheep may safely graze.

On 'is 'ed?

Where sheep may safely graze.

On 'is 'ed?
The African Patriot 8 years ago

To Read, i do not know why you insult Samitu Rose. What he is saying is absolutely true looking from the perspective that it is the PNDC and NDC who has ruled this our wonderful nation longer than any other parties. What is i ...
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To Read, i do not know why you insult Samitu Rose. What he is saying is absolutely true looking from the perspective that it is the PNDC and NDC who has ruled this our wonderful nation longer than any other parties. What is its achievement in terms of building, professionalizing and sustaining more medical doctors in Ghana?
Do you know the medical doctors-population-ratio in Ghana?
Are you aware that, more than 50 per cent vanish to different country especially to europe and south Africa after finishing their medical courses? Ask your selve, our government has a plan to keep them in our system. It was just today that this same government fought against the medical doctors, because it wanted to deny them their condition of services.
All these action is helpful for a doctor government relations and in the end have negative effect on the citizenry.
NDC is not the right party to rule Ghana as long as it continue manipulate the system and employ incompetent politicians and workers.
Read 8 years ago

I do not accept innuendos and hearsay as facts.Can she support her argument with facts that the govt sent people to Cuba on bloated budget?

You on the other hand has raised an important moral issue as to why 50% of doctor ...
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I do not accept innuendos and hearsay as facts.Can she support her argument with facts that the govt sent people to Cuba on bloated budget?

You on the other hand has raised an important moral issue as to why 50% of doctors disappear.
Govt can easily endorse their passports with the following " The holder of this passport cannot practise as a medical doctor abroad without the consent/approval of the govt of Ghana". This would be as visible as our old passports that barred us from travelling to Apartheid South Africa. It is pure common sense..That brain drain will stop in no time.
Yaw Adu-Asare 8 years ago

Ghanaian doctors are backward thinkers.

Ghanaian doctors are backward thinkers.
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 8 years ago

TRAINING MORE FOR MORE STRIKE.
HIPPOCRATIC OATH DID NOT SAY THAT DOCTORS SHOULD BE COME HYPOCRITS.

TRAINING MORE FOR MORE STRIKE.
HIPPOCRATIC OATH DID NOT SAY THAT DOCTORS SHOULD BE COME HYPOCRITS.
SAMITU ROSE 8 years ago

RLG GHANA NDC GOVT COLLUSION, FAKE JDGET DEBTS, 8.7 BN GHC OVEREXPENDITURE IN 2012 FOR NDC TO WIN ELECTIONS, ETC HAVE ALL DESTROYED GHANA INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING OUR COUNTRY AND ITS SCHOOLS AND HEALTH SECTOR....NDC MUST BE KICK ...
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RLG GHANA NDC GOVT COLLUSION, FAKE JDGET DEBTS, 8.7 BN GHC OVEREXPENDITURE IN 2012 FOR NDC TO WIN ELECTIONS, ETC HAVE ALL DESTROYED GHANA INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING OUR COUNTRY AND ITS SCHOOLS AND HEALTH SECTOR....NDC MUST BE KICKED OUT
SAMITU ROSE 8 years ago

SEND SOLOMON NKANSAH AND SAM GEORGE AND AKUA DONKOR TO MEDICAL SCHOOL TO LEARN MEDICINE BCOS IT IS A CHEAP COURSE....STUPID NDC FOOOOLLLSSSS

SEND SOLOMON NKANSAH AND SAM GEORGE AND AKUA DONKOR TO MEDICAL SCHOOL TO LEARN MEDICINE BCOS IT IS A CHEAP COURSE....STUPID NDC FOOOOLLLSSSS
OSAMAN BIN KARIM 8 years ago

Training doctors without compassion is useless. Mandating such persons and trusting them with our health is criminal. they blackmail us for more money while performing shoddy work. Why does every operation in done Ghana get i ...
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Training doctors without compassion is useless. Mandating such persons and trusting them with our health is criminal. they blackmail us for more money while performing shoddy work. Why does every operation in done Ghana get infested?
PEKI PRINCE 8 years ago

Shoddy work by Ghanaian Doctors? What are you talking about you moron! Why aren't you a Medical Doctor? Do you have a doctor in your family? Our doctors are not extortionists. Your Notorious Demented Criminals(NDC) government ...
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Shoddy work by Ghanaian Doctors? What are you talking about you moron! Why aren't you a Medical Doctor? Do you have a doctor in your family? Our doctors are not extortionists. Your Notorious Demented Criminals(NDC) government is refusing give our hardworking and intelligent doctors the condition of service they so deserve. You should have your facts right before you start some stupid senseless comments.
Tsatsu 8 years ago

Doctor's need pay for their education, the government should partner with banks to grant loans, but nobody should use taxpayer resources and go to practice in another country without paying back, subsidize university educati ...
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Doctor's need pay for their education, the government should partner with banks to grant loans, but nobody should use taxpayer resources and go to practice in another country without paying back, subsidize university education but no free stuff.
Kofi 8 years ago

I believe their education should be funded by the taxpayer.The govt can restrict them from going abroad to practise by issuing them with certain type of passports which cannot be renewed abroad. The govt can always make it ha ...
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I believe their education should be funded by the taxpayer.The govt can restrict them from going abroad to practise by issuing them with certain type of passports which cannot be renewed abroad. The govt can always make it harder for them if their sole purpose of becoming doctors is to earn as much as doctors in rich countries do. For example, A typical Ghanaian doctors earns a $1100 a month.An Egyptian...$170.Indian,$392. Even though their economies are far bigger than that of Ghana.
They Say They Say 8 years ago

Tax payer full funding of professional education is way outdated. It made sense right after independence for gov't to fund these projects to allow more people rich and poor to man the various institutions. But over the years ...
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Tax payer full funding of professional education is way outdated. It made sense right after independence for gov't to fund these projects to allow more people rich and poor to man the various institutions. But over the years since the '70s till date, brain drain has taken over this brilliant idea. How long is Ghana going to suffer under this rope a dope thing? Ghana is spending so much on wasteful projects and it's time to wise up.
Kofi 8 years ago

Do you know that no govt anywhere in the is legally obliged to issue passport to any of her citizens? I can assure you govt can put measures in place to stop certain group of people in certain profession from emigrating.For ...
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Do you know that no govt anywhere in the is legally obliged to issue passport to any of her citizens? I can assure you govt can put measures in place to stop certain group of people in certain profession from emigrating.Forget about all the human right nonsense.No govt is duty bound to issue you and I a travel document.
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 8 years ago

LET THE DOCTORS PAY FOR THEIR OWN MEDICAL EDUCATION AND THEN THEY CAN GO ON STRIKE.

LET THE DOCTORS PAY FOR THEIR OWN MEDICAL EDUCATION AND THEN THEY CAN GO ON STRIKE.
kaketonti 8 years ago

BINGO AND PERFECTO

BINGO AND PERFECTO
The African Patriot 8 years ago

i think one must learn that, after the studying of the medical work, one work to years as a compensation for the quarterly funded education for the doctors, so please do not let us spread false information in order to gain po ...
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i think one must learn that, after the studying of the medical work, one work to years as a compensation for the quarterly funded education for the doctors, so please do not let us spread false information in order to gain political power. The doctors have all right to go to strike, if the government refuse to design their paper for condition of services. for three years ago when they went to strike whiles they were working, concerning this and other things, non of you guys woke up to defend the doctors. Now that they went to strike and stop working, it affects you directly but instead of tackling government because of the social contract the government has with the nation, you turn to support the government stand. It is always easy to tackle the weakest link rather the strongest link. This is human kind. In the end the doctors are going to get all that they strike for, so who is the winner?

It is about time we show a bit responsibility in our dealing by saying the right thing. Over 100 billion debt and what are we getting for?
Can you mention thing that this government is doing that is worthwhile of over 100 billion?

I rest my case...
JM 8 years ago

U think backwards dude. Do you even know the motive behind gov't subsidy on education in Ghana? Besides should doctors pay for their training do u think u or ur gov't can pay for their services?

U think backwards dude. Do you even know the motive behind gov't subsidy on education in Ghana? Besides should doctors pay for their training do u think u or ur gov't can pay for their services?
PEKI PRINCE 8 years ago

Some idiots who have no clue as to what is really going in the country they are living in will continue to make backward comments as you have rightly indicated. The government is giving them - doctors, peanuts for the service ...
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Some idiots who have no clue as to what is really going in the country they are living in will continue to make backward comments as you have rightly indicated. The government is giving them - doctors, peanuts for the services they provide.
JM 8 years ago

You think backwards dude. Do you even know the motive behind gov't subsidy on education in Ghana? Are u trying to say whoever goes on strike gov't should remove the subsidy it has placed on their training? Besides should doct ...
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You think backwards dude. Do you even know the motive behind gov't subsidy on education in Ghana? Are u trying to say whoever goes on strike gov't should remove the subsidy it has placed on their training? Besides should doctors pay for their own training u n ur gov't won't be able to pay for the services they'd render, not even consultation fees.
NII OTU 8 years ago

Train doctors to come and sabotage us and kill us? Obviously no!!!!!!!

Train doctors to come and sabotage us and kill us? Obviously no!!!!!!!
TB 8 years ago

Are doctors humans slaughters? Let's becareful with our comments folks. Ghanaian doctors r really sacrifycing a lot... Donating their blood to save patient's life, paying patient's bills etc

Are doctors humans slaughters? Let's becareful with our comments folks. Ghanaian doctors r really sacrifycing a lot... Donating their blood to save patient's life, paying patient's bills etc
HAZOR 8 years ago

It is a shame for criminals in power borrow to paid non-existing debt and our stupid parliamentary approve the loan without demand detail of the type of loans they are borrowing to settle.Where are our Gold,Oil and Cocoa mone ...
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It is a shame for criminals in power borrow to paid non-existing debt and our stupid parliamentary approve the loan without demand detail of the type of loans they are borrowing to settle.Where are our Gold,Oil and Cocoa money.They borrow to steal and abandon projects and research.The president is too greedy and a criminal.
truth 8 years ago

Conditions of services. If they train thousands with same attitude towards these physicians, is still boils down to square one.

Conditions of services. If they train thousands with same attitude towards these physicians, is still boils down to square one.
Yaw Adu-Asare 8 years ago

Whose money is KNUST going to use to train doctors who will turn around to hold our society to ransom.

Whose money is KNUST going to use to train doctors who will turn around to hold our society to ransom.
JM 8 years ago

Ask ur politicians whose money they use for their luxurious lifestyle and huge judgment debt and ex gratia.

Ask ur politicians whose money they use for their luxurious lifestyle and huge judgment debt and ex gratia.
zewukrebekuku 8 years ago

So that after using our taxes to train them to go on illegal strikes to kill US.

So that after using our taxes to train them to go on illegal strikes to kill US.
JM 8 years ago

You're too primitive

You're too primitive
Akwasi Nyame Adom 8 years ago

Its a noble call.

Its a noble call.
E. Amponsah(amponsaheli23@yahoo.com) 8 years ago

Private sector and govt must collaborate to increase enrollment and also reduce cost of training drs. Amount spent on one drs abroad could cater for at least two in Gh. This can even help salvage the cedi. I dont think people ...
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Private sector and govt must collaborate to increase enrollment and also reduce cost of training drs. Amount spent on one drs abroad could cater for at least two in Gh. This can even help salvage the cedi. I dont think people should play politics with this. Lets all try to be decent in our comment.
Kwesi kwafo 8 years ago

Talk is cheap

Talk is cheap
DDT 8 years ago

I had the chance to wrk with the VC in my days as Katanga prez 2012/2013. Always his calls on progress n welfare of students are noble. I know God shall c it to past. Am always proud of u Father Ellis.

I had the chance to wrk with the VC in my days as Katanga prez 2012/2013. Always his calls on progress n welfare of students are noble. I know God shall c it to past. Am always proud of u Father Ellis.
kotei 8 years ago

Please prof state exactly what is needed. I have asked this question. from a legon pfof/admnistrator why they cannot take in 500 students. The conclusion I came to was they are probably selfish, visionless and lazy. The answe ...
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Please prof state exactly what is needed. I have asked this question. from a legon pfof/admnistrator why they cannot take in 500 students. The conclusion I came to was they are probably selfish, visionless and lazy. The answer went round consulting rooms being crowded with students to not enough hostel room. Dtudents dont do night duty to stay in hostels and othe hospitals and specialists in district and regional hospitals can be used to refuce congestion in the consulting rooms as is done in cuba. So prof what exactly are you looking for to expand training. The KNUST teaching hospital will only add another 150 students. Move awsy from campus training.
Corrupt and Lazy Lecturers 8 years ago

These University administrators just want more funding so that they can make their cut. What a shameless bunch !

These University administrators just want more funding so that they can make their cut. What a shameless bunch !
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Akuffo Bawumia 8 years ago

they will come and lord it over Ghanaians in spite of their oath

they will come and lord it over Ghanaians in spite of their oath
Pround pepeni. 8 years ago

USETHE CUBAN MODEL AND MAKE ALL OUR REGIONAL HOSPITALS TEACHING HOSPITALS. IF EACH OF THEM TRAIN BETWEEN 100 TO 200 A YEAR, IN TEN YEARS YOU WILL HAVE MORE THAN 20,000 DOCTORS. THAT WILL BE ENOUGH FOR THE COUNTRY AS IT WILL G ...
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USETHE CUBAN MODEL AND MAKE ALL OUR REGIONAL HOSPITALS TEACHING HOSPITALS. IF EACH OF THEM TRAIN BETWEEN 100 TO 200 A YEAR, IN TEN YEARS YOU WILL HAVE MORE THAN 20,000 DOCTORS. THAT WILL BE ENOUGH FOR THE COUNTRY AS IT WILL GIVE A RATIO OF 1 DOCTOR PER 100,000 APPROXIMATELY, WHICH IS ABOUT RIGHT.

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