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College of Physicians and Surgeons
increases intake
Accra, July 25, GNA - Ghana College of Physicians and
Surgeons has tripled its 2007 intake for doctors pursuing
postgraduate courses to raise expertise of Ghanaian doctors
and the quality of healthcare delivery.
The intake of 175 was an increase over the previous year of
105, 62 for 2005 and 68 for 2004.
Areas of study include medicine, surgery, radiology,
paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology and other related
disciplines.
Professor Paul Kwame Nyame, Rector of the College, who
disclosed this during the induction of a 12-member Board of
Trustees for the College's Endowment Fund, said out of the
210 applicants for this year only 175 were offered admission
due to lack of accommodation.
The Board of Trustees, which has Mr Ato Ampiah, Managing
Director of Crystal Auto Company Limited as chairman, is
charged with running the College's Endowment Fund.
The Endowment Fund, which is yet to be inaugurated, would be
charged with augmenting the resources of the College to
further the professional and educational training of
physicians and surgeons and promote specialist training in
medicine, surgery and other related disciplines.
It would also assist in the continuous professional
development of students, promote research and formulate
health policies.
Prof. Nyame explained that since the inception of the
College in 2002, it had enjoyed full support of government.
He said the College needed to be more independent and more
influential, raise its own funds and pay its own bills.
Prof. Samuel Ofosu-Amaah, President of the College who
inducted the Board of Trustees, said the quality of
healthcare needed to be improved.
However, he said, that could only be done by upgrading the
knowledge of doctors through the postgraduate courses
offered locally.
Prof. Ofosu-Amaah said it was the aim of the College to
ensure that doctors who passed through the College were
equipped with the necessary skills to fit anywhere they
might find themselves and enjoy their work.
Mr Ampiah said the time had come for Ghana to move away from
donor funding to self-funding.
He said the Board would do its best to ensure that Ghanaian
doctors were given the needed skills locally.
The other members of the Board are Prof. Nyame, Rector of
the College, Prof.
Christian Adomakoh,
Treasurer of the College, Dr H.A. Wemah, Managing Director
of Agrovets Limited, Alhaji Asoma Abu Banda, Chairman of
Antrak Group of Companies, Mr Akenten Appiah-Menka,
Executive Chairman of Appiah-Menka Complex and Mr Albert
Essien, Regional Head, West and East Africa Monetary Zone of
Ecobank.
The rest are Nana Oye Mansa Yeboaa, Dompiahene of Akuapem,
Mr Osei Kwame Agyeman, an architect, Mr Edward Addo,
Managing Director of Unimax MacMillan Limited, Mrs Elizabeth
Villars, Managing Director of Camelot Ghana Limited and Mr
Komla Afeke Dumor, a journalist, British Broadcasting
Corporation.
GNA
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