“There are 400 Ghanaians who have gone out there to be trained as doctors, they have come here. Our rules suggest that you have to write an exam, they will be given the results in two weeks. “For those who are successful, they will start working in the government system and so we are able to make use of these doctors. “And this issue has been out there in the public domain and there is a bureaucracy in charge of health issues in this country, we don’t deserve to be told why we cannot make use of 400 medical doctors?” he quizzed. Under Ghana’s laws, when doctors trained abroad wish to practice back home, they are expected to take an exam by the Council before they are drafted into the public health system for some time even before being allowed to join the private sector.

Source: GhanaWeb August 03, 2021 16:30 UTC