General News of Friday, 28 September 2018Source: Myjoyonline.comCourt slaps injunction on exams for Physician AssistantsKwaku Agyemang-Manu with some dignitaries observing a candidate going through the examinationThe Human Rights Court in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region, has placed an injunction on this year’s licentiate exams for Physician Assistants, following a suit filed by students from the College of Health, Kintampo. The Court further restrained the defendants in the case- Ministry of Health, Medical and Dental College and College of Health and Well-being, Kintampo- from going ahead with the licentiate examinations without the participation of the aggrieved students. BackgroundThe 128 Physician Assistants from the Kintampo College of Health, an affiliate of the University of Cape Coast, were disqualified from participating in the 2018 examinations. The examination is supervised by the Medical and Dental Council (MDC), over some issues relating to accreditation of their school. The registration for the exams was closed on August 15, with Physician Assistants from the College of Health, Kintampo, raising several questions by the aggrieved students.

Source: GhanaWeb September 28, 2018 14:15 UTC