Dr Ekua Amoakoh, spokesperson for New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has disclosed that she became a medical doctor at the age of 23.

Speaking on JoyNews' Personality Profile on October 16, 2026, she recalled how she started her medical career at a relatively young age.

According to her, she entered medical school at 17 and graduated at 23.

"I graduated when I was 23, and then I started my first house job because we have to wait a bit. So I started housemanship in the first year. I was 24 or 25, so I think I was able to get into school quite early at 17, and I was able to get in quite early as well. So, I was quite young," she recalled.

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Dr Amoakoh explained that starting her medical career at a relatively young age came with significant responsibility, particularly as she had to make decisions about patients while working alongside nurses and other health professionals who had considerably more experience.

“I was quite young, so you can imagine immediately becoming a house officer and they just throw you into it,” she said.

Dr Amoakoh completed the first year of her housemanship at Ridge Hospital, where she experienced the demands of working in a busy hospital environment.

She said the experience taught her to take responsibility for her decisions, noting that junior doctors often had to manage difficult situations without their senior colleagues being readily available.

"So that process of becoming a doctor at a very young age taught me responsibility because the backstops with you and most of the time if you've been to public hospitals, you know that it's manned by the junior officers," she said.

According to her, the responsibilities extended beyond treating patients to communicating difficult news to relatives, responding to their concerns and explaining the financial requirements for medical procedures.

Dr Amoakoh further disclosed that the skills she acquired through medical training have proved useful in her subsequent career, particularly the ability to take responsibility, remain composed under pressure and handle challenging situations.

Her experience as a young doctor, she indicated, helped shape her approach to responsibility and decision-making beyond the hospital.

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