Public cautioned against quack doctors

Betom (E/R), Nov 1, GNA- Dr Anthony Normeshi, National President of the Integrated Natural Products Protection and Health Services (INAPROH), has cautioned members o the public to be wary of quack doctors who were injecting people with used and unsterilized needles in the Asamankese area.

He said the use of such needles pose very high health risk to the people and could frustrate the war against the spread of HIV/AIDS. Dr Normeshi made the point at an HIV/AIDS awareness programme held at Betom, near Asamankese in the West Akim District.

He reminded the people of the massive destruction that HIV/AIDS could cause, and advised them to be careful about anything that could make them get infected.

These include exchange of infected blood through the use of unsterilised needles, blades and unprotected sex, he said, and advised the people to report on the activities of quack "doctor" who operate in their communities to the police.

He advised Parent Teacher Associations, churches and Unit Committees to actively get involved in the campaign against HIV/AIDS, and bring the message to the doorsteps of the people.

Dr Normeshi stressed that people must avoid promiscuous lifestyles and lead morally to reduce the fast spread of the disease, saying that unlike breathing, one would not die without sex.

He cautioned young people and school children not to rush into early sex because what they might think as love would rather be infatuation or lust. Also they must form virgin clubs to help them hold on to their resolve to avoid pre-marital sex.

Mr Umar Amoah, the West Akim District Chief Executive, in an address read for him urged the people to support the National Health Insurance Scheme.

He also advised parents to avoid expensive funerals and invest their resources in the education of their children, pointing out that sound education was a surest way of opening opportunities and improving their standard of living.

Mr Amoah announced that a clay factory would soon be established in Ammako to provide employment as part of government's poverty alleviation programme.

Nana Sakyi Asamani, Odikro of the town, who chaired the function, appealed to the government to expedite work on the local Presby Primary School, which had reached lintel level for early completion, and also to construct the Betom-Kwaboanta feeder road to improve transportation in the area.