KNUST Best Health Sciences Graduate Shares How Alleged Medical Negligence Nearly Ruined His Future
- Nereus Mensah Gyasi, the best graduating student of the KNUST College of Health Sciences in 2025, narrated how alleged medical negligence in two Ghanaian hospitals harmed his parents
- While delivering a speech, the young man claimed that his dad became blind and his mum paralysed due to purported errors by health practitioners
- These errors, he said, almost destroyed his future, making him initially distrustful of doctors
While most families are grateful to doctors and medical practitioners for their vital role in treatment and improving quality of life, some have suffered costly consequences from medical negligence, leaving them with deeply negative experiences.
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For instance, take the case of Nereus Mensah Gyasi, the best graduating student of the KNUST College of Health Sciences in 2025, who opened up on how two alleged medical blunders left both his parents disabled and almost robbed him of his future.
In 2015, Nereus, just 11 years old, described how his father had fallen ill.
"The doctor was supposed to check to see if the treatment would work on him, but he realised it wouldn't and still used it. It developed syndromes he could feel in almost every part of his body. Even his skin would stick to the floor when he got up. He had balls that started growing on his eyes, and eventually he was blind," Nereus said.
Nereus, in his narration, claimed that after a few years, his mother started developing complications.
He strongly believes that his mum started experiencing medical issues due to the stress levels from worrying about her husband and his predicament.
"It was stress that also impaired her because she was taking care of us. She had found her way to the hospital, and a doctor had injected the treatment in the wrong place, and she developed a stroke," Nereus said.
As a result, Nereus said he was deeply affected by this sequence of events. He narrated that at one point, he contemplated becoming a medical doctor, but then there was one big issue that was bothering him.
“I wanted to be a doctor, but I hated doctors too much. How can you cause someone's parents to become disabled just because of a mistake?”
He learned to cope through counselling on campus, and now he can share his experience and work to raise awareness on medical negligence.
Watch the full video below:
Nereus Mensah Gyasi advises healthcare practitioners
Nereus underscored the duty of healthcare providers, advising that each patient is someone’s family. While they are practising their duty, they should not get lost in the idea that it is just a duty, because that could change someone’s life and destiny.
He urged the Ghanaian legal system to investigate cases that have been filed, arguing that when mistakes happen, they should be taken seriously.
The young man claimed his parents didn't pursue a case, believing the system was broken.
Fast forward to today, his father is still blind, and his mother is improving, albeit so slowly.
The KNUST graduate hopes that his story will serve both as a warning and a wake-up call to Ghanaian healthcare practitioners and the larger medical system.
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Former law school dropout emerges KNUST valedictorian
Previously, YEN.com.gh reported that Felix Quacoe Baidoo, a 2025 graduate of KNUST, emerged as the valedictorian of the College of Arts and Built Environment.
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His CWA of 83.07 was higher than that of the 2024 valedictorian, Bansi Eliasu Yahaya, whose CWA was 81.04.
Several social media users who saw the post congratulated Felix Quacoe Baidoo for his achievement and wished him well.
Proofreading by Samuel Gitonga, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.
Source: YEN.com.gh
