Man arrested for practicing as a doctor without license
Kankam Nkrumah, who works at Yesukrom Medical Centre near Anyinam in Atiwa East District has been arrested for practicing as a doctor without license.
The Eastern Region Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police ( DSP), Ebenezer Tetteh told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that Mr Bright Atsu, the Administrative Manager of the Medical and Dental Council, accompanied by personnel of the investigative unit of the Council and the police went to the Medical Centre and saw the suspect, Nkrumah sitting in the consulting room prescribing medicine with 15 patient folders on his table.
The folders and one stethoscope were retrieved as evidence.
Mr Atsu and his team were in the Anyinam area to conduct a headcount of Medical Doctors, Physician Assistants and Certified Registered Anaesthetists.
Source: GNA
That is great. The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) deserve our applauded for taking the initiative and mounting investigation into our health professionals credentials so to root out quack doctors from our hospitals and medical facilities. The action taking by the Council is great and unprecedented and has given us the Ghanaian public some feeling and peace of mind that our health issues will from now onwards hopefully be in the hands of only qualified medical doctors. I wish to express my heartfelt and sincere thanks to every members of the Council for putting the interest of Ghanaians first and above of all other things. God bless you the members for the good job well done.