This would be the fifth test the distressed doctor would be taking since the incident occurred in 2011. Dr. Ibrahim obliged to go for the test to avoid having his license revoked as stated in the letter from the council. “So far, I can only say I’m impressed with how the GMA (Ghana Medical Association) has stood by him (Dr. Ibrahim) after reports of his plight came out. The teenager, Patience Sakpetey, died on referral from the Prestea Government Hospital whilst her family was still searching everywhere to raise the blood transfusion fee allegedly demanded at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital. “I have been reduced to an animal with a fur and a tail,” an agonising Dr. Ibrahim, who now survives on alms, told Starr News last month.

Source: GhanaWeb April 10, 2018 00:22 UTC