British High Commission denied Herbert Addo visa for treatment - Family

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Adika 6 years ago

There was no point. Our life is a gamble most of the time.

There was no point. Our life is a gamble most of the time.
Abban 6 years ago

Stop running after Obroni country and fix yours when you are dying, pay your taxes not stealing. The white folks pay their taxes and use it wisely.

Stop running after Obroni country and fix yours when you are dying, pay your taxes not stealing. The white folks pay their taxes and use it wisely.
Adika 6 years ago

Yes rich people rubbish Ghana Health care but in the end of their life it is the same Healthcare that cares for them. They still don't get it.

Yes rich people rubbish Ghana Health care but in the end of their life it is the same Healthcare that cares for them. They still don't get it.
Isaidit 6 years ago

Fix your country and stop pointing fingers at other people for your misfortune.After 60 years of self governance no person should be leaving Ghana for anything except to visit or vacation foreign countries.

Fix your country and stop pointing fingers at other people for your misfortune.After 60 years of self governance no person should be leaving Ghana for anything except to visit or vacation foreign countries.
James Naru 6 years ago

60 years after independence and we are still struggling to find good hospital in Ghana to treat our sick people.

Everything around us is collapsing
Roads
Sanitation
Health Care
Ordinary drinking water for our villages

60 years after independence and we are still struggling to find good hospital in Ghana to treat our sick people.

Everything around us is collapsing
Roads
Sanitation
Health Care
Ordinary drinking water for our villages
Jack 6 years ago

Sorry to hear about his loss, BUT Ghanaians should build a country instead of building selfish individuals.

Sorry to hear about his loss, BUT Ghanaians should build a country instead of building selfish individuals.
Obonto 6 years ago

Thank you Abban!! Thank you very much well said! If we quit stealing,embezzlement and corruption we will have the resources to provide the needed treatment in our countries!!

Thank you Abban!! Thank you very much well said! If we quit stealing,embezzlement and corruption we will have the resources to provide the needed treatment in our countries!!
NPP SENIOR CITIZEN 6 years ago

So our doctors are incompetent that's what Addo’s family is telling us.

So our doctors are incompetent that's what Addo’s family is telling us.
ELINAM 6 years ago

60 years on and we have to run to someone else backyard for treatment? That was something Mansa Musa, Osei Tutu I, Queen Nzinga, Torgbui Agorkoli, Nii Ayikushie and many more never ever did. So who healed these powerful ruler ...
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60 years on and we have to run to someone else backyard for treatment? That was something Mansa Musa, Osei Tutu I, Queen Nzinga, Torgbui Agorkoli, Nii Ayikushie and many more never ever did. So who healed these powerful rulers when this watered down pale man's education was NOT in our continent?
Lynda 6 years ago

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Efo 6 years ago

Don't blame them rather your wicked leaders. In uk most of health care practitioners are all foreigners the same people we spent the tax payers money to educate. Their services could have be crucial to development of our heal ...
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Don't blame them rather your wicked leaders. In uk most of health care practitioners are all foreigners the same people we spent the tax payers money to educate. Their services could have be crucial to development of our health care system, but what no logistic to practice with ending up in foreign countries where good benefits are given.
ST. GHFUO, is this the best you can d 6 years ago

THANK BRITISH EMBASSY FOR DENYING YOU THE VISA N THE UNNECESSARY MONIES YOU WOULD HAVE SPENT...IM TEMPTED TO THINK THAT THE FAMILY OF HERBERT ADDO ARE QUASI IDIOTS...AM I THE ONLY 1?

THANK BRITISH EMBASSY FOR DENYING YOU THE VISA N THE UNNECESSARY MONIES YOU WOULD HAVE SPENT...IM TEMPTED TO THINK THAT THE FAMILY OF HERBERT ADDO ARE QUASI IDIOTS...AM I THE ONLY 1?
asem 6 years ago

Do you think this embassy have no common sense, we cannot manage our hospitals and when we are sick, we want to be treated in their hospitals. Why wont we develop and equip our hospitals?

Do you think this embassy have no common sense, we cannot manage our hospitals and when we are sick, we want to be treated in their hospitals. Why wont we develop and equip our hospitals?
James Mahmoud Awotwe-Braun 6 years ago

If the man was serious, he could have gone to South Africa, continental Europe, USA or elsewher apart from the UK for treatment.

If the man was serious, he could have gone to South Africa, continental Europe, USA or elsewher apart from the UK for treatment.
Papa Yao 6 years ago

Why can Ghanaian hospitals provide the needed healthcare? Why do people have to go to another country? Nonsense. Search within and start sorting things out. Even Nana goes to the UK for healthcare!

Why can Ghanaian hospitals provide the needed healthcare? Why do people have to go to another country? Nonsense. Search within and start sorting things out. Even Nana goes to the UK for healthcare!
Paa Joe 6 years ago

SAD INDEED.

IF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE MANIPULATED AND STOLEN, AND MOST ABOVE ALL, TO IMPORT EXPENSIVE LUXURY CARS AND JEEPS FOR USE BY POLITICIANS AND NON PRODUCTIVE EDUCATED FOR THEIR GREEDY LIFE STYLES, WOULD HAVE ...
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SAD INDEED.

IF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE MANIPULATED AND STOLEN, AND MOST ABOVE ALL, TO IMPORT EXPENSIVE LUXURY CARS AND JEEPS FOR USE BY POLITICIANS AND NON PRODUCTIVE EDUCATED FOR THEIR GREEDY LIFE STYLES, WOULD HAVE BEEN INVESTED IN BUILDING FIRST CLASS HOSPITALS, EGYA HERBERT ADDO WOULD NOT HAVE SOUGHT A VISA TO LONDON FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.

MAY HE REST IN PEACE.
ACCRAMAN 6 years ago

Why can't the hospitals in Ghana cater for the citizenry (MPs, ex-MPs, Presidents, ex-Presidents, celebrities, etc). Each and everyone of them wants treatment abroad. What does it say about our hospitals?

No wonder why Oma ...
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Why can't the hospitals in Ghana cater for the citizenry (MPs, ex-MPs, Presidents, ex-Presidents, celebrities, etc). Each and everyone of them wants treatment abroad. What does it say about our hospitals?

No wonder why Omane Boamah ventured into politics.

We recruit all the best brains in the country into the medical schools but still they are not qualified to appropriately treat the citizenry. it is a complete waste of resources by vision-less leaders.

If all the corruption money was put to good use, we would not be in this predicament. The leaders have immensely failed us. I sometimes wonder if Jesus came back and was made the president, would it still be the same or we would see some changes. Maybe not.

Bagbin said they are all corrupt and I totally believe him. Where do we go from here?
OKOROMANSA 6 years ago

WE TRULY NEED TO BE FREE BECAUSE WE CAN'T TOLERATE THIS KIND OF BLUFF AND BIAS ANY FURTHER. NOW, WAS THE U.K. GOVT GOING TO TREAT HERBERT ADDO OR WHAT? IMAGINE WHAT THAT CLONE DONALD TRUMP IS DOING TO OUR PEOPLE IN THE USA. N ...
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WE TRULY NEED TO BE FREE BECAUSE WE CAN'T TOLERATE THIS KIND OF BLUFF AND BIAS ANY FURTHER. NOW, WAS THE U.K. GOVT GOING TO TREAT HERBERT ADDO OR WHAT? IMAGINE WHAT THAT CLONE DONALD TRUMP IS DOING TO OUR PEOPLE IN THE USA. NEXT TIME IT COULD ANGERA MERKEL OR EMMANUEL MACRON. AFRICA NATIONS MUST FIND A NEW STRATEGY TO FORGE A MUCH STRONGER UNITY. THE NONSENSE MUST ALSO STOP AFTER ALL NONE IS NEAR HEAVEN, APUUU!
KnYc USMC 6 years ago

Fix your own country and stop depending on other people's hard working. Do you think the Western World are stupid as we are. There is check and balance, that set them apart. Unlike our educated illiterates fools all they know ...
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Fix your own country and stop depending on other people's hard working. Do you think the Western World are stupid as we are. There is check and balance, that set them apart. Unlike our educated illiterates fools all they know is V8 cars, judgement debt collector, corruption, can't even maintenance a road for their stupid V8 cars. If we have a good projective mind President Mill, PV Obeng and this Addo will have been alive. The Western World are telling us something, build your country and stop misusing your money on Cars and pussy. It about time we start thinking forward, build your country stupid Ghanaians, why are we acting as if we can think. What happened to our critical thinking? Oh we never had one.
ugly akufo addo 6 years ago

Benjamin inflicted in Ghanaians n when he was going back akufo addo praised him because he supported him in 2016 compaign

Benjamin inflicted in Ghanaians n when he was going back akufo addo praised him because he supported him in 2016 compaign
Odikro 6 years ago

From Redemption, to Liberation, to House Cleaning, to Holy War; from PNDC to NDC1, NPP1, NDC2 to NPP2, Ghana can not build a few decent hospitals to treat its citizens of tropical diseases. They want to take the tropical dise ...
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From Redemption, to Liberation, to House Cleaning, to Holy War; from PNDC to NDC1, NPP1, NDC2 to NPP2, Ghana can not build a few decent hospitals to treat its citizens of tropical diseases. They want to take the tropical disease (whatever it was) to a western country. Even Jerry Rawlings (aka Paul Gyamfi), who thinks he knows the solution to all of Ghana's problems still goes to Cromwell Hospital in the UK. I wished no foreign country will ever give visas to our politicians to go out of the country for any type of medical treatment.
King 6 years ago

Don't blame the embassy, blame your so-called leaders you elect. If I were the whites, I would deny every leader from Africa visa who is going for treatment outside. If they won't enhance their hospitals and seek treatment he ...
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Don't blame the embassy, blame your so-called leaders you elect. If I were the whites, I would deny every leader from Africa visa who is going for treatment outside. If they won't enhance their hospitals and seek treatment here in Africa, they should be denied visa to die. This a lesson for us to sit up as a nation and equip our hospitals. If they had not equipped theirs, we would have gone there? Senseless leaders!! They will deny you all visas to die here!!! They won't grant you visas anywhere for treatment!! Treat yourselves here.
Worried David worried 6 years ago

That serves as right. We should be able to treat our selves in that beautiful country. Why not train ourselves and use the stolen money to build top hospitals for every Ghanaian to be treated poor or rich

That serves as right. We should be able to treat our selves in that beautiful country. Why not train ourselves and use the stolen money to build top hospitals for every Ghanaian to be treated poor or rich
Fi new york 6 years ago

Does the British hold the key of life or what. God giveth and taketh. Amen for everything

Does the British hold the key of life or what. God giveth and taketh. Amen for everything
Kwadwo Kyei 6 years ago

Ghanaweb reporters should stop embarrassing themselves and the country. Yesterday they referred to the American ambassador as American embassy, and today the British High Commission is being described as the British Embassy.A ...
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Ghanaweb reporters should stop embarrassing themselves and the country. Yesterday they referred to the American ambassador as American embassy, and today the British High Commission is being described as the British Embassy.Any journalist worth his or her salt should know the difference between these diplomatic designations. Commonwealth countries don't exchange ambassadors, they exchange high commissioners.
Yaro 6 years ago

High Commission or Embassy, they don't want your desperate arse in their foreign country!

High Commission or Embassy, they don't want your desperate arse in their foreign country!
What? 6 years ago

As if people don't die in England

As if people don't die in England
Osei 6 years ago

I remember whem Maaaaama was building hospitals some NPP supporters were outraged. They said no one eats hospitals. And that was a few months ago. Here we are crying for better hospitals. Sometimes its just fair to give prais ...
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I remember whem Maaaaama was building hospitals some NPP supporters were outraged. They said no one eats hospitals. And that was a few months ago. Here we are crying for better hospitals. Sometimes its just fair to give praise where praise is due.
Africa 6 years ago

We need to think of ourselves and really try to save ourselves. If they did why did we kick them out.

We need to think of ourselves and really try to save ourselves. If they did why did we kick them out.
Sam 6 years ago

Yet Jon Benjamin was In Ghana talking thrash and due to politics, he was being hailed as if he was God. When it's your time to die, nothing can stop it, but as a family they wanted to try the Jon Benjamin and his cohorts did ...
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Yet Jon Benjamin was In Ghana talking thrash and due to politics, he was being hailed as if he was God. When it's your time to die, nothing can stop it, but as a family they wanted to try the Jon Benjamin and his cohorts did not give Herbert's family an opportunity. So sad, this is someone who schooled in Britain and could have opted to remain there but came home. What I don't understand is why this was not captured by the media prior to his death. I guess they were busy writing about NDC/NPP
Paul siaw 6 years ago

this is stupid comment! disgraceful and disgusting complaints! are we not human beings? when are we going to put our own house in order? we have sold our oil and gold to foreigners and simple and easy medical facilities with ...
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this is stupid comment! disgraceful and disgusting complaints! are we not human beings? when are we going to put our own house in order? we have sold our oil and gold to foreigners and simple and easy medical facilities with quality Doctors we can't afford! what kind of of disgraceful race are we? Do we always have to fly out to UK and USA or some other country to receive treatment? cheap people!!!
pk 6 years ago

You cannot blame someone for declining your request. Family is emotional abt the death so I can understand why they are not making a logical complaint. Ghana pple should rather ask govt to collect woyome money and use to buil ...
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You cannot blame someone for declining your request. Family is emotional abt the death so I can understand why they are not making a logical complaint. Ghana pple should rather ask govt to collect woyome money and use to build a good hospital like the ones in london to ghana people dont need to travel oasasutside for health care.
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witness 6 years ago

Ghana @ 60, and a parliamentarian prefer V8 on bad roads
Ghana @ 60 and Nigerians & Chinese are tearing our land for gold
Ghana @ 60 look at what Ayariga is doing and still represents Bawku
Ghana @ 60 but we return not as ...
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Ghana @ 60, and a parliamentarian prefer V8 on bad roads
Ghana @ 60 and Nigerians & Chinese are tearing our land for gold
Ghana @ 60 look at what Ayariga is doing and still represents Bawku
Ghana @ 60 but we return not as doctors but in chains from America
Ghana @ 60 Nigerians sell white mans used underwear for our women
Ghana @ 60 we are still fighting tribal war ( search Mahama 's campaign speeches and new Gonja buffoons)
The white man can do us a favour by forcing us to think, if we think we enjoy only end product, FOOLISH RACE
Nana Peprah 6 years ago

The embassy denied him visa and so wat? Blame our leaders for refusing to advance our various hospitals. The embassy will continue refusing u pple visas including our leaders .

The embassy denied him visa and so wat? Blame our leaders for refusing to advance our various hospitals. The embassy will continue refusing u pple visas including our leaders .
Tokugawah 6 years ago

Herbert was not only a great football coach he was champion squash player and was Ghana champion in his youth. He trained many squash players and encouraged many into the game. He did his bit in this world and has sadly depar ...
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Herbert was not only a great football coach he was champion squash player and was Ghana champion in his youth. He trained many squash players and encouraged many into the game. He did his bit in this world and has sadly departed. He will rest in peace.
Futurama 6 years ago

In Ghana all medical doctors are rushing into politics because of quick money. A typical example is Dr Zenator Rawlings. If all qualified doctors are leaving the hospitals for political endeavours, who then cares for the sick ...
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In Ghana all medical doctors are rushing into politics because of quick money. A typical example is Dr Zenator Rawlings. If all qualified doctors are leaving the hospitals for political endeavours, who then cares for the sick? You see, in most developed countries, trained professionals and specialists stick to their fields and allow others to do politics. In short, our trained doctors must stay in the hospitals. We don't need them in politics.
yaa 6 years ago

And so? They are entitled to screen people! It's their country oh!

And so? They are entitled to screen people! It's their country oh!
RICHMOND, MARYLAND 6 years ago

A whole national coach denied brutish visa!? Ah!!! This is a wake up call to our leaders to fix our broken health care system. Mathew Opoku prempeh, aka napo and Zanetor Rawlings, get outta politics and return to the wards! ...
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A whole national coach denied brutish visa!? Ah!!! This is a wake up call to our leaders to fix our broken health care system. Mathew Opoku prempeh, aka napo and Zanetor Rawlings, get outta politics and return to the wards! Some politicians!
ghana people 6 years ago

Ghanaians will demonstrate @ America embassy on Thursdays to protects against our former presidents queuing for visa.. from ghana people
. note, this is disrespect for ghana and ghanaians, what a balony statement coming fro ...
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Ghanaians will demonstrate @ America embassy on Thursdays to protects against our former presidents queuing for visa.. from ghana people
. note, this is disrespect for ghana and ghanaians, what a balony statement coming from America embassy, all ghana must be at the u,s,a, embassy, their must leave ghana, now,
Ad 6 years ago

Senseless,why blame British high commission.Blame our clueless leaders.

Senseless,why blame British high commission.Blame our clueless leaders.
Agblimah 6 years ago

They kilo us All the time. That country is very selfish

They kilo us All the time. That country is very selfish

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