Guidelines for Strengthening A&E Services in Hospitals Corrected Version
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Recruitment of Medical and Dental Officers
By: Ministry of Health, Ghana
Quick Facts:
Commencement Date: Tues. 7th Sep, 2021 at 12.00pm
Deadline: Fri, 17th Sep, 2021 at 6.00pm
Apply Via: https://hr.moh.gov.gh
DISCLAIMER: The public is kindly informed that the Ministry of Health does not charge money for recruitment and postings. All applicants are advised NOT to make any payment for this recritment and whoever pays, does so at their own risk. Any person who demands money should be reported to the Chief Director of the Ministry.
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534 KIDS DEAD…AND THEIR BLOOD WAS RED
Dear Group of Honourable Members of Parliament (G-275),
It’s about four weeks since one Honourable was sad, angry and pissed because he experienced a fraction of what we go through every single day of our life working in Child health in Ghana. Since then I have watched some of you talking in the media along political party lines, bragging about what governments past and present have done for healthcare in Ghana.
ISN’T THAT THE PICU KID DANCING AZONTO?
I sat in my business managers office to discuss with her some tasks that needed completion.The year had just begun but it was already proving challenging as it seemed as if the children had just been waiting for Christmas to be over to start falling sick. Our Pediatric emergency was busy with critically ill children.
WE MADE A MIRACLE HAPPEN: A mother’s unspoken wish
It was exactly a week ago today that I stood under a tree in the hospital, talking with Ofori on the phone. Ofori is a wonderful neurosurgeon and sorts out the kids I refer to him. I talked with him about how the day before, I had lost a kid to a brain tumour.The kid, who had a brain tumour, had fallen through a crack in the healthcare system and had died.I spoke with Francis about how challenging the system was for the ordinary Ghanaian.
MY HEART MY SPORT
My heart is racing, it is pumping faster and faster. It appears my blood pressure is rising, more blood is being squeezed out of my chest. Suddenly, I am finding it difficult to breathe, it seems a stone aged man is pressing harder on my chest. I am almost fainting.
Then in a split second all of this has come to an end. It is a goal!!!!!!!! The final penalty has been slotted into the net. The mental and cardiac torture has suddenly turned into a huge bowl of excitement, I am jumping up and down and the trophy is won.
This is a perfect description of the emotional cycle that as sports fans, we all go through. I am sure the actors in the game do go through the same cycle.
Emotion is described as any strong agitation of feelings activated by experiencing love, hate fear, joy or the like and usually accompanied by certain physiological changes such as increase in heart beat or respiration and often associated with overt manifestations such as crying or shaking.
No matter your sport, be it athletics, badminton, wrestling, judo, boxing, basketball, football, swimming, golf, ampe and the rest, it is associated with deep emotions.
How many times haven’t we seen the actors in the game break down in tears either with joy or sadness. In all this, the heart is at the centre.
In the just ended Euro 2016 final, an Icelandic commentator, Guomundur Benediktsson, became very popular by going into an emotional overdrive, some may call it “crazy”, when Iceland won in the last minute of their game against Austria and again when they won against England. This is what I call popularity by emotions.
Neymar da Silva broke down in tears when Brazil won their first ever Olympic gold medal in football at the Rio 2016 “Zika” Games. Ooops!!!! I meant the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. This is tears of joy. Indeed several actors of the game in all kinds of sporting disciplines have shared tears either because of winning or sadness of losing games.
The cycle of emotions usually differ depending on the situation during the game. In the case of football, it is usually at its peak when your team is leading or down by a goal to nil and there are few minutes left on the clock for the game to end.
For the fans of the team leading, time seems to come to a standstill whilst for the fans of the loosing team, time seems to run faster than it should. This is emotions at its best!!!. There are times that you can barely watch and only wish and pray that some unforeseen hand will turn the hands of time either clockwise or anticlockwise depending on your situation.
Emotions in sports has propensity and the ability to separate love ones including husband and wife. It can bring together avowed enemies and separate the best of friends and indeed again create a bond of friendship beyond the borders of normality.
Sport is indeed a heart modifier. Some sports enthusiasts have lost their lives simply because of excessive emotional expressions. This is simply because the heart decided it couldn’t take it any longer.
My advice is that let’s our heads rule our hearts when it comes to sports. This is because it is the only event in this world that has clear predictable outcomes. It is either you win or loose and depending on your sports you can draw.
My heart my sport, your heart your sport.
This write up is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Patrick Oppong, a friend and a brother. May his beloved Soul rest in perfect peace, in as much as the only sports he loved was ampe.
Dr. Frank Serebour
What’s In A Name? Patients? Customers? Or Partners ?
In my first clinical year in level 500 while taking history from a patient, I asked , “Are you a sickler ? ” The patient, a lady , responded no. Knowing why she had reported to the hospital and subsequently been admitted, I was surprised so I asked “Are you sure or you haven’t tested before?”
CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING/PREVENTION IN GHANA: CONTRIBUTION AND LESSONS FROM CATHOLIC HOSPITAL, BATTOR
In 1986, Dr. Forkuoh, gynaecologist in Catholic Hospital, Battor, was trained in gynecological cytology in Cologne, Germany. On his return, He, together with another gynaecologist, Sr. Edgitha Gorges in Battor screened over 5000 women with pap smears.
CARING FOR OUR CAREGIVERS
A few days ago, it was reported that at the direction of the President, Dr. David Abdulai of the Shekina Clinic, in Tamale, has been evacuated to Accra, for care for Stage 4 thyroid cancer. According to the Minister of Health, “The President directed the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to evacuate Dr. Abdulai to Accra 3 days ago so he can receive optimal care. By all accounts Dr. Abdulai has rendered selfless care to the needy over many years. He therefore deserves any assistance he can get. I wish him the very best and pray for his recovery.