The funny part is, the doctors I’ve met so far even want the pharmacists to come and do the medication part of the work.
So WHY THE FAWK is he talking like that ????
@bleym12@dr_bandak@mark1millikan mind you the author of this piece is currently one of the heads of the lab scientists at KBTH and he referred to himself as a laboratory physician here. I believe there’s more to this than what is being reported.
Usually I don’t engage much on the bird app but for educational purposes, I’ll make an exception today (also because no one cares to explain).
Now to your question “Is medical education in Ghana subsidised?”
The answer is YES and NO. Lemme explain;
A THREAD 🧵
Usually I don’t engage much on the bird app but for educational purposes, I’ll make an exception today (also because no one cares to explain).
Now to your question “Is medical education in Ghana subsidised?”
The answer is YES and NO. Lemme explain;
A THREAD 🧵
But it is
First you need to understand what a subsidy is;
1. It cost about $6000 to train a medical doctor/year
2. Tell me, which public training school in Ghana charges this much?
6/ So if your question is still unanswered — yes, medical education in Ghana is subsidised. But the beneficiaries are significantly fewer than one in five practising doctors, and that ratio continues to decline yearly.
@jkandue also i have a feeling this will only end up creating chaos because the average Ghanaian probably doesn’t understand what ‘primary’ healthcare entails and when we see the word free, we tend to believe you’ll not pay anything at all. between me and you is that truely possible?