Chaos in Korle Bu sign of transformation – CEO

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. .AGBESI KWESI 8 years ago

“O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you….A people asked such before you; then they became thereby disbelievers.” (Qur’an 5:101-102)

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“O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you….A people asked such before you; then they became thereby disbelievers.” (Qur’an 5:101-102)

Such a passage hardly inculcates a spirit of free inquiry and intellectual curiosity. And this is the wave of the future: since the Western government and media elites are now dedicated to avoiding offending Muslims at all costs, and even asking theological questions can offend Muslims, we all just must accept the dictates of our new overlords without question. Wan Sulaiman Wan Ismail should have known better.
“For seeking answers on Islam, Muslim gets charged with blasphemy,” by Zurairi Ar, Malay Mail Online, May 29, 2015:
KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 — “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah,” is the first part of the shahadah, a declaration of faith for Muslims, which has its origins in a verse in the Quran.
“I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God,” is the second part, but unlike the first, it does not appear in any of the holy scriptures.
So, where did it come from?
This was the question on the mind of Wan Sulaiman Wan Ismail, 53, when he sought clarification in 2013 from religious teachers on the origin of a practice considered as one of the key pillars of Islam.
The former businessman from Perak said he raised that question to several religious teachers, including scholars in the Ipoh mufti office, the Perak religious authorities and even state mosque imams. Many of these clerics, he said, were familiar with him as he met with them regularly for the past 15 years.
None, however, were able to answer him, so Wan Sulaiman stopped asking a year later.
But for seeking answers, Wan Sulaiman earned the attention of the Perak Islamic Religious Department (JAIP). He was summoned several times in 2014 by the authority, whose officers he claimed tried to dissuade him from posing his questions and to convince him to abandon several Quranic practices he has adopted.
The matter came to a head on January 21 this year when state religious enforcers raided his home in Ipoh and confiscated his handwritten personal notes, in addition to screening his personal computer and mobile phone.
On the same day, Wan Sulaiman was charged in the Ipoh Shariah High Court under Section 15 of the Perak Shariah Criminal Enactment 1992, with “mocking, ridiculing or insulting Quranic or hadith texts”.
According to a copy of his charge sheet sighted by Malay Mail Online, the Perak religious enforcers claimed that Wan Sulaiman possessed notes, some of which were hung on his wall, that allegedly “ridicule” the hadith — the collections of Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and deeds.
Wan Sulaiman, however, insisted that the notes were meant only for his personal use.
The prosecution also accused him of disputing authentic hadith for failing to interpret the Quran, and of rejecting the shahadah as taught by Muhammad by allegedly only accepting the first part.
He was also accused of translating the terms “fajar prayers” and “wusto prayers” by “using his own intellect without referring to the Prophet’s hadith”.
His case was set to be heard on May 21, but it was postponed to July 2. If guilty, Wan Sulaiman can be fined not more than RM5,000, jailed not more than three years, or both….
PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 8 years ago

Author:-Victor A. Young.....
Everything is going wrong in Ghana, under the corrupt and incompetent John Mahama's presidency; the heavens have shut its doors of blessings to Ghana and that is things continue to fall apart for ...
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Author:-Victor A. Young.....
Everything is going wrong in Ghana, under the corrupt and incompetent John Mahama's presidency; the heavens have shut its doors of blessings to Ghana and that is things continue to fall apart for our dear nation. The kinds of corrupt, thievery and murder that is going on attests to all facts. We can only redeem ourselves from the wicked and evil-doers by voting massively in the November 7 elections against John Mahama and his corrupt NDC govt. That's the only solution!
ATSU, HO 8 years ago

THE CEO IS OBVIOUSLY PRO-ACTIVE. HE WILL SUCCEED

THE CEO IS OBVIOUSLY PRO-ACTIVE. HE WILL SUCCEED
Shutto 8 years ago

Root out the corruption and ineptitude that has been the hallmark of KBU all these years. I am so glad and thrilled finally someone has the guts to confront the rot at KBU. Dr. Buckle, God grant you the wisdom and favor to un ...
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Root out the corruption and ineptitude that has been the hallmark of KBU all these years. I am so glad and thrilled finally someone has the guts to confront the rot at KBU. Dr. Buckle, God grant you the wisdom and favor to undertake this task. You will surely be remembered.
Nii Nortey (New York) 8 years ago

Good job. Crack the whip hard

Good job. Crack the whip hard
j.k. Atta 8 years ago

Sack all of them and let them re-apply for their jobs.

Sack all of them and let them re-apply for their jobs.
KK 8 years ago

I wish you well but chaos in KBu is a long-standing issue and we haven't seen any positive change.

I wish you well but chaos in KBu is a long-standing issue and we haven't seen any positive change.
Novi 8 years ago

Go to the den of the dead goat where the mother of all.... resides if you succeed in Korle Bu. Unfortunately dead goat would have been removed from the Flagstaff house then. His time is too nign

Go to the den of the dead goat where the mother of all.... resides if you succeed in Korle Bu. Unfortunately dead goat would have been removed from the Flagstaff house then. His time is too nign
Concerned Citizen 8 years ago

Okaaaay...let me see...so when things are getting bad, it's a sign that things are improving. Wonderful!

Okaaaay...let me see...so when things are getting bad, it's a sign that things are improving. Wonderful!
Togbe Dzata I 8 years ago

It seems to me that this CEO of Korle Bu, like all other NDC functionaries, does not know where he is at. When things are going bad in a hospital, it means that there is improvement? What a damned fool! This man thinks we are ...
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It seems to me that this CEO of Korle Bu, like all other NDC functionaries, does not know where he is at. When things are going bad in a hospital, it means that there is improvement? What a damned fool! This man thinks we are joking in this country. He says he will root out corruption in the hospital? Well let me tell him that corruption has as a result of extremely bad governance - like the one that appointed him as CEO of Korle Bu Hospital, has become endemic and widespread in this country.

To begin with, it is common knowledge that the more serious acts of corruption and criminality rests on the doorstep of the senior medical practitioners as well as the management of the hospital and not within the administrative staff who it must nevertheless be admitted, are as a result of corrupt and bad management, also corrupt.

This Korle Bu CEO is only talking rubbish to beat for time for him to enjoy small and also make his own fortune out of the misery of Ghanaians who have to use that institution.

The Korle Bu CEOs utterances are just a playback of what the previous clown who used to manage that hospital, sounded like. In the end we all found out that he also was unforgivably corrupt and incompetent to boot.

I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that anybody who is appointed by the NDC to run that hospital - or for that matter, any state institution, will ultimately not be of any good for the purposes of the people of Ghana. This is basically because the NDC, as a political institution, is itself so morally bankrupt that it is incapable of seeing right from wrong as far as critical appointments and the proper management of this country are concerned. And as the saying goes, birds of feather flock together.
Cold Fire 8 years ago

What is going bad at Korle Bu? Ghanaians like Togbe Dzata are lawless and lazy. They like a free for all system, which allows them to steal to enrich themselves. Look at TOR; they are refining crude after all these years of s ...
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What is going bad at Korle Bu? Ghanaians like Togbe Dzata are lawless and lazy. They like a free for all system, which allows them to steal to enrich themselves. Look at TOR; they are refining crude after all these years of shutdown. It took one man and the support of government to bring some sanity into both BOST and TOR.

Let Korle Bu be the next.

God bless our homeland Ghana.
Togbe Dzata I 8 years ago

So you think sanity has been brought to BOST and TOR? What a clown you are.

Read Pinto Eyrenams comment below. Maybe that will put some sense into your empty head.

So you think sanity has been brought to BOST and TOR? What a clown you are.

Read Pinto Eyrenams comment below. Maybe that will put some sense into your empty head.
DAVID OBENG 8 years ago

I am also not surprised that you're coming up with such a submission. with all of the problems that were ongoing at korle- bu during the erstwhile Kuffouradministration,his then Minister of Health Dr. Richard Anane attendin ...
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I am also not surprised that you're coming up with such a submission. with all of the problems that were ongoing at korle- bu during the erstwhile Kuffouradministration,his then Minister of Health Dr. Richard Anane attending an international AIDS Conference, had raw sex with a foreign lady, had a baby with the lady, and transferred as much as US$100,000 to the said lady in the USA,an allegation made by no less a person than the very same lady concubine, Alexandra O'Brien, herself. certainly, since you're in bed with the said government,you also flock together with them. The good President of this country, is making tireless efforts at improving health care delivery in the country, korle-bu included. efforts of government include, investments to ensure that the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital,receives significant resources to replace and rehabilitate obsolete equipment and theatres.
The Pediatric Surgery Theatre,
which remained closed for almost
eight years, the General Surgery
Theatre and the Babies’ Unit
have all been refurbished and are
currently operational.These unprecedented investments are not only changing lives but also beginning to yield results as evident in the positive Human Development Indicators currently being recorded.the korle-bu c.e.o is definately right about what he said, restructuring is only going to make things better.you and your cohorts will be ashamed.
Togbe Dzata I 8 years ago

What a stupid comment. So Anane, a past Minister of Health had an affair with some foreign woman somewhere and what has that got to do with the current maladministration of the Korle Bu Hospital? Some of you have got as much ...
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What a stupid comment. So Anane, a past Minister of Health had an affair with some foreign woman somewhere and what has that got to do with the current maladministration of the Korle Bu Hospital? Some of you have got as much brains as a sardine.

Its so strange how some of you can read and write - well, barely, but you do not have the common ability to think logically.

If you care to know, the matter under discussion is corruption and and maladministration of the Korle Bu Hospital and not rehabilitation works. What a damned fool!

The most annoying part of your nonsense was to describe me as an NPP sympathizer simply because I had dared point to the shortcomings and incompetence of the NDC govt. What an idiot you are! IOf you cannot as much figure out that the NDC is corrupt and incompetent then you are a retard. You know what that means?
Shutto 8 years ago

Root out the corruption and ineptitude that has been the hallmark of KBU all these you. I am so glad and thrilled finally someone has the guts to confront the rot at KBU. Dr. Buckle, God grant you the wisdom and favor to unde ...
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Root out the corruption and ineptitude that has been the hallmark of KBU all these you. I am so glad and thrilled finally someone has the guts to confront the rot at KBU. Dr. Buckle, God grant you the wisdom and favor to undertake this task. You will surely be remembered.
JOE 8 years ago

Good to hear that. It's refreshing to hear this from the CEO. Change is always difficult, and change in the right direction is extremely difficult. The status quo is defeated and those who use the system for their own benefit ...
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Good to hear that. It's refreshing to hear this from the CEO. Change is always difficult, and change in the right direction is extremely difficult. The status quo is defeated and those who use the system for their own benefit will always complain. My advice to Dr Buckle, get a centralize computer system for payments and receipts. In your capacity as the CEO, you can ask, beg or request help from governments and organizations. You will be surprised by how people will be willing to help. KUDOS and more grease to your elbows.
kk 8 years ago

well done Sir

well done Sir
Nana 8 years ago

CEO people of Ghana support U may God help u to defeat those selfish people, sack them if they are not ready to work for better Ghana.

CEO people of Ghana support U may God help u to defeat those selfish people, sack them if they are not ready to work for better Ghana.
Paa Kwasi 8 years ago

Go ahead with the transformation agenda. People must not be allowed to stay in one place for the whole of their working life. Now that there are a number of Teaching hospitals in the country there is opportunity to effect tra ...
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Go ahead with the transformation agenda. People must not be allowed to stay in one place for the whole of their working life. Now that there are a number of Teaching hospitals in the country there is opportunity to effect transfer of overstayed personnel within the GHS for greater efficiency. Kudos
Samuel Osei-Tutu 8 years ago

The good Lord will give you all the strength you need to effect this transformation. May He richly bless you...AMEN

The good Lord will give you all the strength you need to effect this transformation. May He richly bless you...AMEN
Christoff 8 years ago

Dr Buckle sounds very much like someone who is not just educated but trained and on top of his game. Hope he is supported well to succeed

Dr Buckle sounds very much like someone who is not just educated but trained and on top of his game. Hope he is supported well to succeed
Togbe Dzata I 8 years ago

You obviously have a kokompe understanding of the words 'trained' and 'educated'. That said, seeing that you do not have any educated values yourself, I very much doubt if you yourself are sufficiently trained and educated

You obviously have a kokompe understanding of the words 'trained' and 'educated'. That said, seeing that you do not have any educated values yourself, I very much doubt if you yourself are sufficiently trained and educated
Kofi Kofi 8 years ago

I think Dr. Buckle is on a right and just mission. I applaud him. Kudos to you, Dr. Buckle.

Change comes with pain. We have to go through because we have messed things up. Corruption and negligence and laziness has become ...
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I think Dr. Buckle is on a right and just mission. I applaud him. Kudos to you, Dr. Buckle.

Change comes with pain. We have to go through because we have messed things up. Corruption and negligence and laziness has become a culture, infact embossed in out DNA.

Unfortunately, majority of Ghanaians are not that literate as they think they are.
Ghana is not collapsing because of the President, but because of the collective contribution from every Ghanaian.

Give Dr. Buckle all the support he needs for a better Korle-Bu for you and I and future generations.
Jake 8 years ago

Transformation of an organisation is not an easy task but keep to your agenda of the transformation focusing on the key performance indicators. ie Customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction. quality, and financial index.

Transformation of an organisation is not an easy task but keep to your agenda of the transformation focusing on the key performance indicators. ie Customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction. quality, and financial index.
JOHN 8 years ago

CHAOS N A GOOD SIGN?PEOPLES LIVE ARE AT STAKE FOR CHRIST SAKE!!!IS THIS CEO OK? OMG.FAILED LEADERSHIP.USELESS

CHAOS N A GOOD SIGN?PEOPLES LIVE ARE AT STAKE FOR CHRIST SAKE!!!IS THIS CEO OK? OMG.FAILED LEADERSHIP.USELESS
KOFI BEN 8 years ago

LEADERS NEVER LEARN!FOLLOWING THE SAME PATTERN LIKE HIS PREDECESSORS!!YOU SHALL BE CORNED BEEF!!YOU ARE A COMPLETE FAILURE AND DISAPPOINTING . YOU TALK TOO MUCH AND ARROGANT.

LEADERS NEVER LEARN!FOLLOWING THE SAME PATTERN LIKE HIS PREDECESSORS!!YOU SHALL BE CORNED BEEF!!YOU ARE A COMPLETE FAILURE AND DISAPPOINTING . YOU TALK TOO MUCH AND ARROGANT.
Ghana lay 8 years ago

It is only God who can save you. The whole health sector is rotten.
Komfo Anokye, as far back as 1996 would not issue receipt after paying for laboratory analysis.
It is still happening, using govt facility for personal gai ...
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It is only God who can save you. The whole health sector is rotten.
Komfo Anokye, as far back as 1996 would not issue receipt after paying for laboratory analysis.
It is still happening, using govt facility for personal gain. Hmmmmm
Tweeaaa 8 years ago

I don't know this CEO but I doubt he can do anything. My husband was recently discharged from the Korle Bu Cardio Unit.
Corruption, mishandling and negligence is regardly praticed. I am on the idea that change must come fr ...
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I don't know this CEO but I doubt he can do anything. My husband was recently discharged from the Korle Bu Cardio Unit.
Corruption, mishandling and negligence is regardly praticed. I am on the idea that change must come from the top goverrnment.
Everyone should ask themselves-medical care is irrespective of Poltical party, tribe, wealth or social status.

Unfortunately Korle-Bu, Komfo Anokye etc. medical staff and management feel and act like they are God.

Anytime that one goes to a medical facility in Ghana it seems as feel you are on a death wish.

The last but not the least---How and why did Ex-President Atta Mills died...
Pinto eyrenam 8 years ago

All those singing Dr Buckle's praise should visit korle Bu. The hospital is dead. You will die there if you don't know anybody there.

All those singing Dr Buckle's praise should visit korle Bu. The hospital is dead. You will die there if you don't know anybody there.
Ate bruks 8 years ago

How come a hospital is always talking about money. This is a government teaching hospital. Dr Buckle you should talk about number of patients treated.operations done.new procedures introduced. Number of emergency patients see ...
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How come a hospital is always talking about money. This is a government teaching hospital. Dr Buckle you should talk about number of patients treated.operations done.new procedures introduced. Number of emergency patients seen etc.Korle bu is making money because emergency cases are even required to pay money before they are attended to.Patients have died outside the emergency room. PLEASE VISIT KORLE BU. THE PLACE IS A DIRTY DEATH TRAP AND IS GETTING WORSE.
KOFI 8 years ago

You're right Gilbert

You're right Gilbert

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