In the video, KODA revealed that in 2015, he was taken to a big hospital in Takoradi by his wife and sister due to health issues and the doctor prescribed medication for him and instructed him to take it regularly.

However, after developing symptoms over time, KODA decided to Google the medication he was given.

To his shock, he discovered that one of the medicines contained sulphur, which he knew was not suitable for him due to his G6PD deficiency.

Despite taking the medication for eight months, KODA only realized the error when he researched it himself.

He expressed his frustration, stating, “I get emotional talking about it… I cannot take your word any more.”

Nonetheless, KODA emphasized the importance of advocating for oneself when it comes to healthcare, urging others to question doctors and research their prescribed medications.

Additionally, he acknowledged that speaking up might sound like being too assertive but stressed that it could prevent serious consequences.

The video has gained traction on social media, sparking discussions about the importance of patient advocacy and the risks of medical errors.

Kofi Owusu Dua Anto (KODA), known for his talent as a gospel singer, songwriter, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist, was based in Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana.

He passed away at the age of 45, reportedly after battling kidney issues, although further details about his death remain unconfirmed.

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In a statement released on Thursday, March 7, 2024, the MoH said the recruitment process will kick off on Monday, March 11, 2024.

It has been explicitly clarified by the Ministry that no charges will be imposed for recruitment or placement. As such, applicants are strongly advised against making any payments throughout the procedure.

The deadline for submitting applications is set for Friday, March 15, 2024.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to use only the MoH’s online application portal for submission and to promptly report any instances of fee requests to the Chief Director.

Below is the full statement

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According to court documents, as reported by the Office of Public Affairs of the Department of Justice, Kofi Sarfo, 58, of Las Vegas, is a medical doctor and the owner and president of Vista Medical Associates, a Las Vegas medical practice. His wife, Rose Sarfo, 54, also of Las Vegas, is the office manager and treasurer of Vista Medical Associates.

Kofi and Rose Sarfo allegedly conspired to submit false loan applications to obtain EIDL and PPP pandemic relief funds. Rather than spending the money on their business as represented in the loan applications, the Sarfos allegedly used at least some of the funds to purchase stocks and cryptocurrency.

The Sarfos are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud. In addition, Kofi Sarfo is charged with one count of money laundering.

If convicted, they each face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and for each count of wire fraud. Kofi Sarfo also faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on the money laundering charge.

Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Spencer L. Evans of the FBI Las Vegas Field Office made the announcement.

The FBI Las Vegas Field Office is investigating the case while Trial Attorney Kyle Crawford of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section is prosecuting the case.

In May 2021, the Attorney General established the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force to marshal the resources of the Department of Justice in partnership with agencies across government to enhance efforts to combat and prevent pandemic-related fraud.

The task force bolsters efforts to investigate and prosecute the most culpable domestic and international criminal actors and assists agencies tasked with administering relief programs to prevent fraud by augmenting and incorporating existing coordination mechanisms, identifying resources and techniques to uncover fraudulent actors and their schemes, and sharing and harnessing information and insights gained from prior enforcement efforts.

Credit: US Department of Justice / Office of Public Affairs

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I was taken into the procedure room on time and 30 minutes later I woke up in the recovery room.

“Dr. Mieczkowski, everything went well,” Dr. Smith told me. “I removed one large polyp and a few smaller ones, but none of them concern me. My office will let you know the results in a few days.”

I thanked him and offered best wishes on his retirement, thinking that I would never see him again. I was relieved ― no signs of cancer.

Joanne and I went home to eat lunch. Since I felt well, we drove to the office to do some paperwork. Around 2:45 p.m., I had an urgent need to use the bathroom and passed streaks of blood. I knew this was common after a colonoscopy, so I didn’t tell Joanne or call the doctor’s office. Fifteen minutes later, I felt more urgency and made another hurried trip to the bathroom. There was more blood ― a lot more blood.

“Oh shit! Damn it,” I said out loud.

I told Joanne what was going on, and she asked, “Do you want me to call the EMTs? Are you feeling faint?” We decided to drive ourselves to a hospital only a few miles away. I called the physician’s office with an update while we were on our way.

Upon arrival, I was relieved to see that the waiting room was empty. I checked in at the desk and a few minutes later, a nurse opened the door. “Dr. Mieczkowski? Come on back,” she told me.

I made it. I’m going to be all right, I thought. I took a deep breath of relief as Joanne and I walked through the door and were led to my room. The nurse did the usual check-in tasks, connected me to the monitor tracking my heart rate and blood pressure, put an IV in my arm, and drew blood for testing.

“No running fluids?” I questioned. “That’ll be up to the doctor after he sees you,” she replied. As she finished, I felt an urgent need to move my bowels and requested a bedside commode. I quickly passed several pints of blood, which nearly filled the container. I had just lost nearly 20% of my blood volume. I was stunned and knew that I was in trouble.

“So, you’re Dr. Mieczkowski,” Dr. Woods, the ER doctor, said sarcastically as he walked in. Great! Here we go, I thought. “Yup, that’s me,” I replied, trying to reduce the tension. I pointed out the blood in the commode, but Dr. Woods didn’t seem impressed.

While taking my medical history and doing a brief exam, he was constantly looking up at the monitor, which showed a heart rate of 62 and a normal blood pressure. (Typically, a person’s heart rate goes up to compensate for blood loss.) He commented on the low heart rate as an indication that I was stable. I was puzzled. “Dr. Woods, I’m on a high dose of a beta blocker for my blood pressure,” I told him. “My heart rate is always around 50 and never gets above 80.” It didn’t alter his thinking. I asked whether he was going to start running IV fluids and order blood transfusions. “You look pretty stable,” he answered. “I think we can hold off for now until the labs come back. We’ll see how it goes.”

I was dumbfounded. I had 40 years of experience. If I saw that amount of blood loss in a 62-year-old male with heart disease on aspirin ― a potent blood thinner ― I would have called for an immediate GI (gastrointestinal) consult, started IV fluids, and ordered blood to be ready for transfusion. Unfortunately, he jumped to a conclusion that my bleeding couldn’t be serious since my heart rate was low. He was running the show and damned if he was going to listen to me.

I continued to pass a large amount of blood every 20-30 minutes. Since the blood-filled commode had not been emptied, I used the bathroom across the hall. I was not thinking clearly at this point and failed to note the blood loss was not being measured. I always ordered nurses to monitor a patient’s blood loss and urine output. I became weaker and paler with each episode, and I began to worry that I was going to bleed out. I held back on sharing my fears with Joanne.

My condition deteriorated as the hours passed in the ER. The lab results documented the drop in my blood volume. My anxiety level grew ― another sign of worsening shock. I buzzed the nurse’s station and asked to have Dr. Woods come back. When he arrived, I went through my list of concerns. I asked again about getting blood and platelet transfusions.

“Where’s the GI consult for a repeat colonoscopy?” I asked. Dr. Woods had had enough of my questions. He interrupted me and said, “You know, Dr. Mieczkowski, you may have more grey hair in your beard than me, but this isn’t my first rodeo.” My wife and I looked at each other stunned! He went on, “I think you’re overreacting, and I’m sure you’re anxious. Why don’t I give you some lorazepam to calm you down.” I was in the hands of a doctor I didn’t know or trust, and he refused to listen to my concerns.

It was around 5:30 p.m. at this point. Then, to my surprise, Dr. Smith entered my room. He asked a few questions, peeked into the bedside commode, listened to my heart and abdomen and poked around a bit. I reiterated my worries and asked directly, “Are you going to do a repeat colonoscopy now?” He paused for a long while before finally answering, “Why don’t we wait this out and do a repeat colonoscopy tomorrow morning if you’re still bleeding. I’ll admit you to the hospitalist service.”

I knew from my own experiences that physicians always have to weigh the pros and cons of doing another procedure versus close observation. He had to know that a GI bleed is more serious in an older patient with heart disease on a blood thinner. What was I supposed to do now? We obviously disagreed about the next steps, but I couldn’t plead my case any further. He was delaying a potentially lifesaving procedure ― one of the major causes of serious adverse events. I couldn’t help but think that the evening retirement party influenced his decision.

Around 7 p.m., one of the hospitalists on duty visited me. He was thorough and, unlike Dr. Woods, he was respectful of my experience. He gave orders for blood and platelet transfusions, started IV fluids and admitted me to a medical unit upstairs. Since he was ending his shift, he assured me the night shift hospitalist would check in on me. Joanne and I were anxious to get out of the emergency room and off the hands of Dr. Woods. I was relieved.

Unfortunately, my bleeding continued in my new room. I noted that my nurse placed a basin in the toilet to measure my blood loss. When she saw the volume, she was startled and asked if I had been experiencing that level of blood loss all day. “Yes, and they never measured the blood loss,” Joanne told her.

The hours passed, and I lost track of time. I kept asking, “Where’s the blood?” The nurse kept replying, “It’s been ordered. We’re still waiting.” I was getting colder and less aware of my surroundings. I drifted in and out of sleep but felt my wife’s hand on me constantly. I knew she was scared. I was bleeding out, albeit more slowly than a person with a gunshot wound in their abdomen.

It was around 11:30 p.m. when a sense of calm started to come over me ― it was an acceptance that I might die peacefully in bed. So this is what it feels like to die, I thought. I was no longer afraid. “I’m going to die,” I said in a whisper. I can’t imagine how Joanne felt. My nurse got startled briefly, but she was experienced with critically ill patients and called in her team.

Within seconds more nurses arrived, and they took control since the hospitalist was nowhere to be found. Two additional IV catheters were placed for rapid infusion of fluids and blood in order to keep me alive. My nurse phoned Dr. James, the on-call GI specialist and one of my friends. She gave him an update and then handed me the phone. “Larry, we need to do the colonoscopy now,” he told me. “I’ll be there within the hour.”

The blood and platelets were delivered soon after, and within minutes it seemed the internal bleeding was slowing since the cramping and urgency had lessened. At 1:30 a.m., the nurses wheeled me down to the endoscopy suite. Dr. James arrived, and I was asleep within seconds of getting the anesthetic. He used four titanium clips to clamp an artery bleeding from the site of where the large polyp had been removed. Lab testing confirmed that I had lost nearly 50% of my blood volume.

I was discharged later that Saturday morning. Unfortunately, the shock and blood loss had damaged my heart, kidneys, and affected my thinking and memory. My condition worsened and after undergoing tests locally and at the Mayo Clinic, I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, stage III kidney failure and chronic anemia. Despite adjustment in medicines, I still couldn’t handle the rigorous requirements of practicing medicine and my daily life, and I was advised by my PCP to stop working and pursue disability.

It was very difficult to accept this recommendation, and I was very angry. I loved my work. I had just moved into a newly remodeled office and, because I was so ill, I didn’t have six months to negotiate the sale of my practice ― I had to close my business. I tried to get a malpractice lawyer to represent me but after six rejections I was finished. Fortunately, I had good disability insurance.

Why do physicians miss a diagnosis or screw up on treatment plans? What’s more, why do too many of them not listen to their patients ― the most basic thing that should be a fundamental part of their practice?

Dr. Woods didn’t really want to consider my concerns, but he and Dr. Smith also failed to put all the pieces of the puzzle together, whether it was because of ego, putting too much importance on my low heart rate, or being distracted by a retirement party. They both had plenty of time for my evaluation and should have thoughtfully weighed my worries.

Unfortunately, my experience is common since adverse events occur in a reported 25% of hospital admissions. If you find yourself in one of these adverse events like I did, here is some advice that may be useful:

1. Resist yelling at the nurse or physician. It doesn’t help, and you may get labeled as “a difficult patient,” which could make matters worse.

2. If you are not being heard, get the unit’s charge nurse or manager involved early in the conflict since any delay may be a life-or-death issue. Because patients are randomly assigned to a hospital-based physician, these nurses can arrange a transfer to another physician’s care or get other specialists involved.

3. If you’re very ill and at a small community hospital, you should consider pushing for a transfer to a larger hospital and, if necessary, contact the hospital’s quality, risk management, or medical director’s office. This almost always guarantees action since no hospital wants to be sued.

4. Outpatient medical practice is very different from hospital-based care. The former is now volume driven and also rife with missed diagnoses, delays in treatment and unsatisfactory office visits. Nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA) have similar outcomes as physicians, often have more time to spend with their patients and have high satisfaction ratings. However, ask to schedule a visit with the physician if you’re dissatisfied with the care of the NP or PA.

5. Improving communication with your provider may be aided by bringing another person with you to your appointment and having them serve as an advocate.

6. Since computers are now standard in most exam rooms, a provider may only spend 8-10 minutes face to face with you during a 20-minute appointment. Prepare for your visit by reading about your problem. For example, the Cleveland Clinic’s website has a great graphic depicting which organs may be causing abdominal pain. Type a list of your concerns but keep it focused, as, unfortunately, most physicians don’t have time to thoroughly address a long list of issues. Review your list with the medical assistant and ask them to scan it into your records.

7. Primary care providers may not consider a diagnosis they don’t often see. Requesting an ultrasound if the pain is severe or not improving may save your life. If the provider says that you don’t need it, you can get a self-funded ultrasound for less than $200 in many states. Take your concerns to the office manager or a director overseeing the practice.

8. Unfortunately, I don’t see a return to the times when doctors spent 30 minutes with a patient. Paying PCPs more for their time would quickly change the system, but it’s not going to happen. Medicine has morphed into big business with trillions of dollars spent each year. Finding a great provider may be a challenge but there are well-trained doctors, NPs and PAs out there who will listen to you. Word of mouth referrals are often the best. Reviews of physicians on hospital websites are not helpful in my experience, so check out independent sites when possible.

9. View your first couple of visits with a new practice as an interview and move on if it’s not a fit. Remember, you can always end a long-standing relationship with a practice. If you decide to divorce your provider, send a certified letter to the administrator of the practice explaining why you are leaving.

We physicians know the healthcare system is broken. Hospital executives are overpaid. Since PCPs are paid on average $180,000 versus the $500,000 an orthopedic surgeon makes, the best and brightest medical students often pursue highly paid specialty positions. Physicians are overbooked, overwhelmed, tired and burned out. Computerized medical records have made it worse. The end result is often poor patient outcomes. Since you can’t change the system, you have to learn how to navigate through its waves using some of the suggestions that I have made.

After my experience, I was certain that I wouldn’t survive a year but it’s now been over five years. My kidney function and anemia have improved. I am still dealing daily with my heart failure, restricting salt, resting for hours at a time and reducing my activities. I was able to resume golfing. Through my physicians’ support and the love and tender care of my wife and others, I have accepted what happened to me. It’s not what I had envisioned a decade ago, but I have a good quality of life. In the end, I survived, but I came too close to death that should have been easily prevented.

Giovanni Quintella Bezerra, 32, has been arrested on suspicion of rape after he was allegedly secretly filmed inserting his manhood into the mouth of a heavily sedated woman in labour at Hospital da Mulher in São João de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro.

After 10 minutes of his manhood in the woman’s mouth, Giovanni takes out wipes and wipes the woman’s mouth and covers his private parts.

The woman’s husband was ordered to leave the room without being able to see his newborn baby and only found out what had happened to his wife when he recognized the doctor on TV after his arrest.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” said delegate Barbara Lomba, who is tasked with investigating the case.

The woman told the family that she thought she was hallucinating at the time of the attack.

Mr. Bezerra completed his training as a specialist in anesthesia just two months ago.

Hospital staff were reportedly concerned about the amount of medication he was administering to his patients and installed a secret camera to see what he was up to.

They were horrified to see him sexually assaulting the woman while other doctors performed the cesarean section on her less than a meter away behind a surgical curtain.

But staff who recorded the rape said the doctor had already performed two similar procedures that day, with police investigating whether those two women were also victims of an assault.

At the second operation on Sunday, staff said Giovanni “wears an open cloak over himself that widens his silhouette and positions himself so that no one could see the patient from the neck up either.”

With most cesareans, the woman is not fully sedated during the procedure, but the women who were put under the knife earlier in the day said they were completely unconscious during the procedure.

“The only thing I remember from the operation is his voice. He always spoke quietly in my ear, which bothered me,” said one of the patients. “He asked if I was okay.”

Two other people who said they were also Bezerra’s patients have arrived at the police station in Brazil since the allegations broke.

“Giovanni, still positioned towards the patient’s neck and head, began slow back-and-forth movements with his left arm bent,” the witness said, according to G1 Rio de Janeiro.

“From the movement and curvature of the arm, it appeared as if it were holding the patient’s head toward his pelvic region.”

Staff became suspicious because the doctor used so much anesthetic that the mothers were unable to hold their babies after they were born.

Clovis Bersot Munhoz, president of Cremerj Clovis Bersot Munhoz, said the alleged attack was “absurd”.

He is said to have raped the woman while she was undergoing a caesarean section in a Brazilian hospital

The Rio de Janeiro State Health Foundation and the Secretary of State for Health said: “We inform you that an internal investigation is being launched to take administrative action.

“The team at Hospital da Mulher offers full support to the victim and his family.

“This conduct constitutes a criminal offense that must be prosecuted under applicable law.”

Police commended the hospital workers for taking action and recording the crime.

The doctor’s custody hearing was held on Tuesday. He was previously transferred to Benfica prison.

The appointment of Pambo comes following Dr Adams Baba’s dismissal as the team’s team doctor earlier on Monday.

News emerged that Dr Baba had been shown the exit ahead of the Black Stars’ 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.

In an interview, GFA Communications Director, Henry Asante Twum, revealed that Dr Baba had been fired as the Black Stars team doctor.

According to Asante Twum, his performance was evaluated, and officials concluded he needed to be replaced.

He also revealed Dr Pambo is the new Black Stars team doctor.

“There was a review,” he told Accra-based Happy FM.

“Authorities saw the need for reshuffling so a decision was made to replace Dr. Adam Baba with Dr. Prince Pambo [as Black Stars Doctor].

“It’s just part of normal changes,” he added.

The Black Stars will open their 2023 AFCON qualifiers against Madagascar on Wednesday, June 1 at the Cape Coast Stadium with kick-off scheduled for 19:00 GMT.

The elderly patient’s right leg was removed instead of his left, with the mistake only discovered two days later.

The court in Linz found the 43-year-old guilty of gross negligence and fined her €2,700 (£2,296).

The widow of the patient, who died before the case came to court, was also awarded €5,000 in damages.

The patient attended the clinic in Freistadt last May to have his leg amputated but the surgeon marked the wrong limb for amputation, AFP news agency reports.

The mistake was identified during a routine bandage change and the patient was told he would have to have his other leg amputated as well.

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At the time, the hospital said the incident had occurred as a “result of a sequence of unfortunate circumstances”. Its director made a public apology at a news conference.

In court, the surgeon said there had been a flaw in the chain of command in the operating theatre.

When asked why she had marked the right leg and not the left, she said: “I just don’t know”.

Since the incident, she has moved to another clinic. Half of her fine has been suspended.

Cases like these are rare but there have been similar incidents in the past.

In 1995, a doctor in the US discovered halfway through surgery that he was amputating the wrong leg of a diabetic patient. He was forced to continue after cutting through muscles, tendons and ligaments.

Continuation of further cross-examination of the third prosecution witness Staff Sergeant Awarf Sule was forced into an adjournment after Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu, the third of the 10 accused persons standing trial for high treason was said to be unwell.

When the case was called, his counsel lawyer Victor Kodjogah Adawudu furnished the court with an excused duty from one Joel Pabi, of the Ogbojo Polyclinic, who excused the accused and issued him with a two-day excused duty.

The panel, which also includes Justice Stephen Oppong and Justice Hafisata Amaleboba said, the doctor is subpoenaed to confirm if he indeed saw and treated the accused person in question.

“We all know that in a criminal matter the absence of one accused person makes it impossible for the trial to continue,” Justice Asare-Botwe said.

“But we want to ensure that the excused duty is coming from proper custody so we will be making an order for the doctor to appear before us tomorrow,” she added.

To this end, the court said, “Joel Pabi from Ogbojo Polyclinic saying the accused is unwell and needs to rest for two days, the said doctor is subpoenaed to confirm whether he indeed saw and treated the accused.”

Defence lawyers are expected to subject Staff Sergeant Awarf Kojo Sule, of the Defence Intelligence Department of the Ghana Armed Forces to further cross-examination.

Staff Sergeant Sule, the third prosecution witness in the case in which ACP Dr Benjamin Agordzo, Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, and eight others are standing trial, had earlier told the court how he attended meetings and recorded the audio and video recordings after feigning interest in the alleged coup.

His recordings have become the basis for which the 10 accused persons are facing charges ranging from conspiracy, high treason and abetment and have all pleaded not guilty.

Under cross-examination from defence lawyers especially Lawyer EA Vordoagbor, counsel for Dr Mac-Palm, accused the witness of mooting the idea of the said coup d’etat.

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But, the witness parried allegations of being the brain behind the said coup.

The 10 accused persons are ACP Dr Benjamin Agordzo, Colonel Samuel Kodzo Gameli, Dr Frederick Mac-Palm, Donya Kafui, Bright Alan Debrah Ofosu, Johannes Zikpi, Corporal Seidu Abubakar, Lance Corporal Ali Solomon, Corporal Sylvester Akanpewon and Warrant Officer (II) Esther Saan Dekuwine

They have all pleaded not guilty to respective charges ranging from conspiracy to commit crime to wit; high treason, treason, and Abetment.

She was conferred a Doctor of Arts award from the Prowess University, Nigeria.

The latest feat comes after she graduated from the prestigious University of Lagos, having bagged a Masters in English language.

She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Secreterial Administration from the Ilaro Federal Polytechnic in Ogun State

The actress took to her social media handle to celebrate and share the good news with her friends and colleagues.

Despite the name she has made for herself in the creative arts sector, she said she never for once forgot the essence of education.

“The journey of life could take the whole of lifetime,” she wrote, as she urges her fans never to forget their background and the purpose of their lives.

“We should never forget to be grateful for every step. What God cannot do does not exist. Look who bagged a doctorate. Next time you see me, you may now call me Dr Jaiye Kuti,” she wrote.

Her loved ones including celebrities have flooded her comment section with well-wishes and congratulatory messages.

According to police, the three; Jubreal Abinbola, aged 23, a photographer; Ahmed Akinbiyi, aged 25, a musician; and Ramsey Omoefe, aged 24, a designer assaulted the medical officer without provocation.

Police investigations indicate that the doctor, while on his daily routine checks on patients at the Covid-19 centre disclosed to the three suspects who had also been quarantined that their Covid-19 status was positive.

One of the three suspects, Jubreal Abinbola, who was incensed by the revelation begun vilifying the medical officer.

The behaviour of Abinbola, according to the police, triggered a tense atmosphere, creating a fertile ground for the second suspect, Ahmed Akinbiyi to “pull a metal fork from his pocket and chase the doctor in an apparent attempt to stab him”.

The third suspect, Ramsey Omoefe, while observing the happenings, also grabbed the doctor who was fleeing from the second suspect and slapped him.

Sources say the doctor, despite the hefty slaps from the second suspect, managed to free himself and escape from the attack.

He is alleged to have left the hospital and proceeded to the Police station where he filed a complaint of assault against the three.

They were subsequently arrested and charged with offensive conduct conducive to the breach of peace, contrary to section 207 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29).

All three suspects were then arraigned before court and found guilty.

The court ordered a fine of GH₵ 6000.00 each to be paid to the court.

Also, an amount of GH₵ 2000.00 each is to be paid by the suspects to the doctor as compensation.

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The suspect, whose identity is not immediately known, was said to be undergoing treatment in Dr Dziblewo’s private facility.

This, according to Police sources, was after he suffered a gunshot wound during a robbery operation at Techiman a few days ago.

DSP Eric Awiaden, who confirmed the incident to Adom News said all attempts by the Techiman Police to arrest the robbery suspect proved futile as he fled the town.

However, a signal to Yeji over suspicion that he may be hiding in the town uncovered him inside the doctor’s facility after a search through the town.

The suspect and the doctor were arrested together with their accomplices.

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Dr Abul Murshid, 50, reportedly made the woman feel ‘uncomfortable’ during the checks and ‘insisted’ they swapped numbers.

The woman, who has not been named, attended A&E at Guy’s Hospital in Southwark when she was suffering chest pains in March 2019.

He was later reported to the General Medical Council (GMC) after the woman discussed what she said happened with her mum.

Murshid, from Wilmslow in Cheshire, was found guilty of various misconduct charges at a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, but was cleared of sexually motivated behaviour.

He was suspended from practising for eight months.

A hearing in Manchester heard Dr Murshid had been working as a registrar in obstetrics and gynecology in a number of London hospitals between 2008 and 2012, then started working at Guys in the Urgent Care Centre.

The patient said she was expecting a scan instead of a physical examination, and claimed it was ‘more of a feeling up’ than a check.

Abul Murshid a NHS doctor who has been suspended after he squeezed a patient’s nipple and asked for her phone number during an intimate medical examination.

Murshid, from Wilmslow in Cheshire, was found guilty of various misconduct charges at a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, but was cleared of sexually motivated behaviour. He was suspended from practising for eight months.

He asked: “How much?” Before I could finish with all my mental calculations, he was in my dm asking for my number to be able to send me MoMo.

I gave him my number and the friendship between us started. We were strangers not too long ago until we became two adults who spoke to each other every day.

Chats moved from Social media to Whatsapp. Chats graduated to calls and before we knew it, we were both laughing at each other’s jokes. 

We started learning to know each other. He asked questions and I answered.

He asked about the job I was doing and I told him I was unemployed. “I’m an unemployed lady with dreams. I know someday, I will get a job, buy my own car, and own a house of my choice.”

Because I mentioned a car, the conversation shifted a little to cars.

He asked about the kind of car I wanted. I told him. I asked him: “You’re a doctor so you have a car now, I guess.”

He said: “I own a Benz and Nissan Touareg.” “impressive,” I said in my head. 

He seemed quite passionate about his work. Every evening or when we got the chance to speak, he would talk about his patients he was treating. Most of them were sickle cell patients.

He would talk about their crisis and the things he had to do for them. Listening to him speak felt like I was speaking to Charles Odamtten Easmon (the first Ghanaian doctor to perform an open heart surgery).  He was very smart and intelligent.

When the conversation between us caught fire, I went back to Facebook to check his photos.

He was well built and always dressed decently like the doctor that he was. The only thing that was lacking was a smile. He never smiled in photos. “Maybe doctors don’t like to smile a lot, “ I thought. 

Two weeks later he proposed. I told him: “We just met. We need more time to know each other. We haven’t even met yet because you live in Takoradi and I live in Accra.

“Long-distance relationships need work and commitment. Let’s give it some time. It’s only through time that we can build the needed trust and assurance.”

He understood me. We continued talking. We made plans to meet but anytime we were close to the appointed time for our meeting, something would come up to put our plans in disarray.

I was about to sleep one day when his call came in. He told me: “I’ve been accused of embezzlement at the hospital that I work.

“The Medical Council is aware and had called me to come to Accra tomorrow morning. I will love it if you could go with me to meet the council.“ I said, “Why not? I’m only praying that in the end, you can put out a case to extricate yourself from whatever they are accusing you of.”

I’d always wanted to meet him but I never thought our first meeting was going to be under such circumstance. He told me, “I will pick you up from home so we go to the place together.” “Sure” I responded.

When I woke up the next morning and didn’t see his calls, my heart skipped beats. “What if he had been involved in an accident?” That was the first thing that came to mind considering his state of mind and the fact that he was driving all alone to Accra.

I called his phone and it was off. I waited for a while and called again. His phone was still off. I got worried. After calling for some time, I decided to go to the Medical Council office and wait for him there. 

I went there. I waited for several hours but he didn’t show up. I went in and asked the receptionist about him and she said his name did not ring a bell.

 I decided to wait for some more hours in the hopes that he would come around. He didn’t come and his phone was still off. Just when I decided to give up on him and go back home, I saw his call.

“I am sorry we couldn’t meet as planned. I came with my lawyer and the venue got changed. That left me with very little time to make any rounds. Sorry about that.” I was a little bit peeved but I said, “It’s fine. We can just meet up when you finish with everything.” I suggested.

He said: “That wouldn’t be possible. I have to travel back immediately to bring some documents to the Council.”

I was lost. I couldn’t wrap my head around what was happening. The whole excuse felt strange and wrong.

It didn’t make sense that he would come to Accra and not make any effort to see me considering all the fruitless plans we’ve hatched some weeks ago.  

“And he says he loves me? Yet, come to Accra and make no effort to see me?”

I went back home that day with a lot of questions on my mind. I couldn’t even sleep. At dawn when I was struggling to get the issue off my head and it wasn’t getting out, I said a prayer instead: “God, this has to make sense to you because it makes no sense at all to my human mind.”

In the morning as I sat there trying to find the head and the tail of all that was happening, I got a call. It was an unknown number but I picked it up anyway. It was a lady on the other end of the call.

She said: “I’ve had your number for some time now but haven’t been able to call you. You’re being lied to and I think I should let you know what the lies are.

“The guy you’ve been talking to isn’t a doctor as he wants to make you believe. He’s a distributor who rides around in ‘aboboyaa’ distributing water and drinks to some shops.”

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing in my ears. I asked: “You mean he’s not a doctor? Then how come he knows so much about his patients and their sickle cell conditions?”

She laughed and said: “If he knows about sickle cell patients it’s because he himself is a sickle patient. He visits the hospital a lot because he’s often in crisis.”

My jaw dropped to my chest: “Are you serious about what you are saying? How come you know all these?” I asked.

She answered: “I know because I’ve lived with him for the past two years. He’s my boyfriend. He goes about telling lies to woo innocent ladies.” Everything was happening too fast for me to follow along.

I found it hard to believe the girl but she said: “Wait, I will prove some things to you.” That day, she made me listen to their conversations on the phone while they were together in the house.

She did a conference call for me to listen to the lies the guy was spewing. Shock would be an understatement but I decided to move on, after all, nothing was lost and nothing was given away.

I made it a point not to speak to him again but he kept calling me. 

I picked one of his calls just to hear him lie again. He said: “If I told you I was a truck driver, would you have looked at my way?

“Would you have continued speaking to me? I am sorry that I lied to you about my profession but everything I feel for you is true. Let’s find a way to move past this.

“I know deep down that you love me too. That lady you spoke to is just one witch who won’t let me be. She’s responsible for my predicament and I am doing everything to get rid of her because it’s you I want.

“My parents don’t even support the idea of me and her together but you, they will love you.” I shook my head in disbelief. “You think I’m a fool?”

One day the lady told me they had gone to see his parents in preparation for marriage.

She said: “I’m not sure if I want to marry him. He’s a sickler, stingy, had a sore in his head that messed with his appearance, and worse of all he didn’t even believe in God.”

I asked: “So sis, why are you still with a man like that?” She said,  “He has his positives, you know? And he’s so good in bed.”

Some women and the weird things that make them stick around bad guys. I wished her luck and thanked God for revealing this to me and preventing me from entering such a relationship. 

The young man went viral for breaking down in a consulting room over broken heart.

In a latest video detailing what happened on that fateful day and prior, the ‘doctor’ cleared the notion he is actually a pharmacy technologist.

He confessed he was indeed ditched by his lover identified as Ewurama, whom he has dated for eight years.

He recounted how unprovoked, the said lover ditched him over a “minor issue which I never expected to result in this”.

His tears and plight which have gone viral are not his concern, compared to the ‘slayqueen’ tag Ghanaians have put on his ex-lover.

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The pharmacist added following the news, several calls have been made by the lover’s parents to redeem her reputation.

He also rubbished claims he took care of Ewurama’s education and other expenses.

Mr Agyapong, who was supposed to appear before the Court Monday morning, failed to show up.

His lawyers, however, submitted a medical excuse duty from the Holy Trinity Medical Centre/Spa.

Lead Counsel for Mr Agyapong, Kwame Gyan, told the Court that after the previous sitting on Friday, Mr Ayapong suffered from complications from a post COVID-19 condition that he suffered last month.

He said they immediately arranged for him to seek medical support and diagnosis from the doctor who treated him for COVID-19.

The Lead Counsel said they had attached the report to a cover letter to the court for submission, arguing that it was not out of disrespect that he (Agyapong) was not able to appear before the Court.

“The Court records would reflect that, since the service of the order via substitution, the applicant has consistently been in court and on time. This is our prayer and we beseech you to allow us an adjournment to get him in good health,” the lawyers said.

The court, presided over by Justice Amos Wuntah Wuni, accepted the excuse duty and the request for an adjournment.

It said the request for adjournment had been granted, “however, it is hereby ordered that the medical officer, Dr Ken Addo of Holy Trinity Medical Centre/Spa and Health Farm, appears before this court, on Thursday, October 1, to speak to the medical excuse duty.

“We have to create a good country for ourselves. The way medical excuses are given these days, somebody must speak to the issues. Having written such an excuse duty, he must come to court.”

At the previous sitting, Mr Agyapong pleaded not guilty to the charge of contempt, where the video, which lasted close to four minutes, was played.

He was supposed to reappear before the Court to present his defence and subsequently for the Court to give its ruling.

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Mr Agyapong is alleged to have made a statement deemed contemptuous in a land case.

According to her, her ‘Facebook lover’, after inviting her over to Ablekuma, a suburb in Accra, robbed and raped her at knife-point.

The lady, whose identity has been concealed, said she was robbed of her two phones; one being an iPhone 8+ along with her GHC 200.00.

“After robbing me, he then dragged me to an uncompleted building and rapped me,” she said.

After being rapped, the young lady said she reported the incident to the police and was instructed to undertake a medical examination to prove her claim.

After being unable to pay the Ghs 500 demanded by the doctor, the young lady intimated that she went back to the police station to tell them what had transpired at the hospital and to see if they could be of help.

But to her uttermost surprise, the police officers told her to go back and bargain with the doctor to have the examination form signed before they could proceed to fish out the young man who perpetuated the crime.

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The suspect, Mr Adusei Opoku, 62, was arrested by the Accra Central District Police for allegedly practising as a medical doctor without legal authority and aborting pregnancies from a house at Okaishie in Accra.

The victim, name withheld, gave her father the hint in her last words on her sick bed before she died.

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Father

Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mrs Effia Tenge, said the victim’s father, accompanied by a woman (identities of both withheld), reported the incident to the Accra Central District Police, leading to Opoku’s arrest.

She said the 19-year-old girl, who was sick, was taken to the 37 Military Hospital in Accra for treatment about 9 p.m. on July 15, 2019.

She was admitted at the hospital, and about 12:15 p.m. on July 17, 2019, she confessed to her father that a man who she identified as Dr Opoku at Okaishie in Accra gave her some medicine to help abort her pregnancy.

Shortly after the confession, the victim was pronounced dead by the hospital while her dumbfounded father tried to make meaning out of her last words.

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Concoction

On his arrest, Opoku told the police that he learnt to practise medicine after acting as an assistant to a gynaecologist, whose name has been withheld by the police, for 30 years.

Mrs Tenge said Opoku claimed that after the gynaecologist, for whom he worked, died, he decided to take on the role after a number of people who knew he could help them get rid of pregnancies they did not want kept calling on him for his services.

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Opoku, who said he had not had any problem with any of his clients, admitted attending to the 19-year-old girl, but indicated that she had earlier taken some concoctions and only called on him after her situation got worse.

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He attended to him before he was rushed to the clinic.

The man, who was only identified as Bismark, was on the verge of dying at the court.

He gasped for breath and failed to respond to a relative, who tried to assist him to gain consciousness.

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The situation abruptly disrupted the court proceedings, as it drew the attention of those in the courtroom, including the judge, Justice Abdullah Iddrisu.

The man was sitting behind Mr Obeng-Andoh, who was also in court with his lawyers to move an application for the release of his passport which he deposited as part of his bail conditions.

Reports said that Bismark was on medication and gasped for breath suddenly.

The woman immediately called for water and a relation of Mr Obeng-Andoh offered her bottled water.

Mr Obeng-Andoh quickly offered assistance to help the man to regain consciousness.

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After the man gained consciousness, he signaled the Court Warrant Officer (CWO) to make arrangements for the man to be taken to the clinic for emergency treatment.

But the man, who was struggling to breathe, told the director that he could not walk.

Mr. Obeng-Andoh pleaded with the CWO to get a wheelchair to transport the man to the clinic.

He later asked the man whether he had taken his medication that morning which he answered in the affirmative.

He asked the man whether he had high blood pressure or diabetes and the woman, who accompanied him, said no.

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Eventually, the CWO and staff of the Judicial Service Clinic at the Court Complex brought the wheelchair and conveyed the man to the clinic.

Mr. Obeng-Andoh later visited Bismark at the clinic after the court had granted his request for the passport to be released to him.

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has described as unfortunate circumstances that led to the death of a 30-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn baby at the Suntreso Government Hospital in Kumasi.

The late Angela Afriyie Agyemang is said to have been refused entry into the labour ward because her relatives could not immediately deposit a GHC500 “Doctor Motivation Fee”.

She later died at the theatre after her husband paid the GHC500 fee.

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According to her husband, Pastor Solomon Lamour  Latiff of the House of Faith Ministry in Kumasi, he had taken the deceased to the hospital on Tuesday when she started complaining of pre-labour pains.

He told Accra-based Class FM as monitored by adomonline.com one Dr Sarpong then informed him the wife will need a Caesarean Section (CS) which required that he pay GHC500 ‘doctor motivation fee’.

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But in a reaction, President of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr Frank Ankobeah say there is nothing like a ‘Doctor motivation fee’ in the medical profession.

Speaking on Adom FM’s Morning Show “Dwaso Nsem” Wednesday, he wondered why a doctor would charge such an amount.

“Throughout my practice as a doctor, I have never heard of anything like a doctor motivation fee. I’m wondering how they came up with such a fee. It’s the state that pays us and so if there is any challenge, it’s government that we will turn to and not a dying patient,” he said.

According to Dr Ankobeah,  a committee has been set to investigate the matter.

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“We have dispatched some members to that government hospital to listen to their side of the story. A committee has been set to conduct investigations into the matter and we will come out with findings by next week,” he said.

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He said on Accra-based Okay FM on Thursday, that: “The writ will be ready today and we will file it tomorrow, Friday.”
The oxygen was shut to little Prosper over his parents’ inability to immediately raise GHS533 to pay his bills.
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Little Prosper had been on admission at the hospital since March 5 due to respiratory problems until his death three weeks later.
The Ghana Health Service has launched an investigation into the matter.

Twelve people conceived with sperm from the center — along with 10 mothers who were patients at the clinic — filed the lawsuit on Friday, requesting access to the DNA of Dr. Jan Karbaat, who ran the sperm bank from 1980 to 2009, according to the New York Times.

Karbaat died last month at 89 and said in his will that he did not want samples of his DNA taken.

The plaintiffs in the suit range in age from 8 to 36 years old. The allegations against Karbaat began when one of the plaintiffs, Moniek Wassenaar, noticed her resemblance to Karbaat.

In recent years, she visited Karbaat, who acknowledged that he might have been her biological father, though he declined to take a DNA test.

Karbaat’s center was forced to close in 2009 because it failed to meet storage standards, the Times reported.

The two died on the spot in an accident that occurred at Akyem Anyinase in the Akyemansa District of the Eastern Region Saturday morning.

They were identified as Patience Fleischer a doctor and Philomena Adomah Kwayie, a nurse.

One Dr. Kwame Boadu and the driver of the hospital’s car, as well as another believed to be the medical director, sustained serious injuries and were rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for treatment.

Dr Fleischer was said to be an eye specialist at the hospital.

DAILY GUIDE gathered that the accident, which occurred at about 8:00 am, was caused by a commercial Kia bus with registration number GT 4921-15, which was coming from Kumasi to Oda.

It reportedly had a brake failure and rammed the Toyota Fortuner with registration number GT 6284-15 belonging to the Kumasi South Hospital.

The driver of the Kia is in the grips of the Oda police to assist in investigation.

The mortal remains of Dr Asare, former dean of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the Presbyterian University College, Agogo Campus, who died in a motor accident on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, were interred over the weekend at Akwatia.

In another development, four persons are in coma while about 13 others are seriously injured in an accident which occurred Saturday morning near Nsawam on the Accra-Kumasi highway.

The victims were rushed to the Nsawam Government Hospital for treatment.

The accident involved a Benz Sprinter passenger bus that was heading to Accra from the Kumasi direction.

According to eyewitnesses, the driver of the Sprinter attempted to regain control of the vehicle after a tyre had burst.

The vehicle, as gathered, somersaulted several times before landing in a nearby bush.

Residents went to the rescue of the victims, who were mostly women and children.