General News of Monday, 29 August 2016Source: GNAKNUST inducts 176 qualified doctorsProfessor Kwasi Obiri-Danso, KNUST Vice-ChancellorThe Ghana Medical and Dental Council has inducted 176 newly-qualified doctors of the School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), at a ceremony in Kumasi. The inductees, including 19 dental surgeons, had successfully undergone the certified medical training as required by the Council and as such licensed to practice. KNUST, per an agreement signed recently with the Ghana Health Service, had been mandated to mentor all the health training institutions of the Ministry of Health. They encompass nursing and midwifery training colleges, community and environmental health training colleges, as well as health assistants’ training schools across the country. Dr Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, charged the inductees to demonstrate commitment to their work as mandated by the Hippocratic Oath.

Source: GhanaWeb August 28, 2016 13:30 UTC