The Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has stated that Family Health Medical School (FHMS) has come to complement government’s effort of bridging the gap of patient to doctor ratio in the country.
Rev. Fordjour said the current doctor to patient ratio in Ghana is still below the World Health Organisation standard and therefore, government need the support of the private sector to bridge this gap.
He challenged the school management to expand infrastructure and reach out to other countries in Africa.
He charged the graduating students to embrace technology to help them in the field of medical research.
The minister made these statement at the graduation and matriculation ceremony of the Family Health University College (FHUC) in Accra where 41 students graduated with BSC in Medical Science and matriculated 59 candidates to pursue BSC in Medical Science.
The schools also graduated 68 Nursing Assistant Clinical (NAC) and matriculated 257 fresh men and women comprising of 200 students pursuing courses in BSC Nursing and Midwifery programmes and 57 for NAC programmmes.
He revealed that the government of Ghana through the Ministry of Education is working hard to change the narrative of ensuring that by 2030, 60% of Ghana’s education would be science oriented and 40% humanity.
Rev. Fordjour said currently the country is having the reverse of 40% science base education and 60% humanity adding that through Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), priority will be given to engineering and science programmes.
He said the Minster of Education is developing a product where students who reads Home Economic, General Arts, Visual Arts, Business and others will be opened to a one-year pre-medical programme if they desire to become medical doctors.
The President of Family Health University College, Prof. Enyonam Yao Kwawukume, urged the matriculants for both students in the Medical School and the Nursing and Midwifery department to make use of the endless opportunities that the school offers.
Family Health University College started in a garage at Korle-Bu in 1997 as a Diagnostic Centre, and was later moved into a rented premise at Zoti Road as Family Health Hospital with over 250 students currently pursuing various courses.
Some students who excelled academically took awards to complement their hard effort in the medical and nursing fields.
