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30th September, 2009
Doctors Oppose New Measures
New administrative measures introduced to check the Medical and Dental practice have attracted wild criticisms from the practitioners of the profession, says the chairman of the council, Dr. K. O. Adadey.
This followed increasing reports of malpractices and cases of infamous acts appearing before both penal and disciplinary committees of the council.
The new measure was designed to be piloted for two years, 2008 for 2009 and 2009 for 2010, but according to Dr. Adadey, the implementation has attracted criticism, which he described as unfortunate.
Speaking at the 16th oath swearing and induction of medical doctors of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Adadey said the council was not perturbed and will strive to do the best and help those who had descended into the gutter to climb up.
He said recertification will help the doctors to provide improved quality health care to the people.
He pointed out that in certain jurisdictions, medical students were even registered by the respective regulatory bodies to ensure that they were closely monitored and any deviant behaviour or attitude that could endanger their practice in the future was detected earlier and corrective measures applied.
Dr. Adadey said it was imperative that medical schools in the country take a cue from that and put in place some measures to identify those characters early enough for correction.
Ninety-eight new doctors were ushered into the medical profession at the ceremony held on Saturday at the KNUST Great Hall.
The Provost of the College of Health Sciences, Prof. Peter Donkor noted that globalisation had brought in its wake new health challenges and urged the doctors to be broad-minded.
“You will need to constantly update yourself on the knowledge that you have acquired in order to remain relevant to your patients,” he indicated.
This followed increasing reports of malpractices and cases of infamous acts appearing before both penal and disciplinary committees of the council.
The new measure was designed to be piloted for two years, 2008 for 2009 and 2009 for 2010, but according to Dr. Adadey, the implementation has attracted criticism, which he described as unfortunate.
Speaking at the 16th oath swearing and induction of medical doctors of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Adadey said the council was not perturbed and will strive to do the best and help those who had descended into the gutter to climb up.
He said recertification will help the doctors to provide improved quality health care to the people.
He pointed out that in certain jurisdictions, medical students were even registered by the respective regulatory bodies to ensure that they were closely monitored and any deviant behaviour or attitude that could endanger their practice in the future was detected earlier and corrective measures applied.
Dr. Adadey said it was imperative that medical schools in the country take a cue from that and put in place some measures to identify those characters early enough for correction.
Ninety-eight new doctors were ushered into the medical profession at the ceremony held on Saturday at the KNUST Great Hall.
The Provost of the College of Health Sciences, Prof. Peter Donkor noted that globalisation had brought in its wake new health challenges and urged the doctors to be broad-minded.
“You will need to constantly update yourself on the knowledge that you have acquired in order to remain relevant to your patients,” he indicated.
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