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ByStephen Asante, GNA

Kumasi, Aug. 21, GNA - The Veterinary Councilof Ghana has appealed to the government to resource the Kwame NkrumahUniversity of Science and Technology (KNUST) School of Veterinary Medicine, toimprove its infrastructure and faculty to advance veterinary training, researchand healthcare delivery.

Dr. Jonathan Amakye-Anim, Chairman of theCouncil, said this was urgent since the country currently had only 32 certifiedpracticing veterinary doctors.

He said at least 200 of such practitionerswere needed to enhance effective veterinary care for the benefit of the nation.

Dr. Amakye-Anim, who was addressing an oath-swearingand induction ceremony for the School of Medical Sciences, Dental School andthe School of Veterinary Medicine of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Scienceand Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, called for a change in attitude towardsveterinary education.

About 70 per cent of all human diseasesemanates from animals, he noted, stressing that given the current shortage ofveterinary doctors, it would be difficult for the country to effectively dealwith the emerging challenges such as the outbreak of more sophisticatedanimal-related diseases.

The ceremony was held under the jointsupervision of the Ghana Medical and Dental Council and Veterinary Council ofGhana, and had a total of 241 newly-qualified doctors taking the HippocraticOath.

This included 29 dentists and seven veterinarydoctors.

Dr. Andrew Bremang of the School of VeterinaryMedicine swept a total of ten awards, including the Dr. William BlanksonAmanfu Prize for the Best Student in Infectious Diseases, Dr. Andrew QuarcoopomePrize for the Overall Best Student in the DVM programme, and Deans Prize forthe Overall Best Student in the DVM Programme.

Other award-winners were Dr. Obed OwusuYeboah, also a veterinary doctor, who received a total of nine awards, as wellas Dr. Abigail Omani and Dr. Boniface Mensah, both of the School of MedicalSciences, who claimed four prizes each.

The School of Veterinary Medicine, since itsestablishment in 2009, had so far trained 25 veterinary doctors.

This brings to about 1, 500, the number ofmedical, dental and veterinary doctors trained by the KNUST in the last threedecades.

Hitherto, the majority of veterinarypractitioners received their training abroad which came with its own cost tothe nation.

Dr. Amakye-Anim proposed a One District, OneVeterinary Doctor concept for the nation, explaining that, this was the onlyway we could ensure the safety and health of the citizenry.

Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso, Vice-Chancellorof the University, charged the graduating doctors to avoid practices thatcompromised on their professional ethics.

Professor Tsiri Agbenyega, Provost of theCollege of Health Sciences, affirmed their resolve to work assiduously toaddress the health manpower needs of the nation.

GNA

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