Ghanaian Physician Dr Kofi Effah Who Has Worked In Battor For 2 Decades Says Money Is Not His Motivation

• A Ghanaian doctor is using his story of dedication and selflessness to inspire the next generation of medical practitioners
• Dr Kofi Effah decided to abandon his desire to practice in Accra in order to work at a local health facility in the Battor in the Volta Region
• He said his desire to stay back at Battor was inspired by the German nun who was stationed there for over 42 years

A medical doctor has inspired many people with his life-changing story of how he abandoned his dreams of practising medicine in Accra in order to tend to people of a small community in the Volta Region for over 2 decades

In a report sighted by YEN.com.gh on Ghanaweb, Dr Kofi Effah opened up on how he journeyed to Volta Region, Battor to be precise for 2 years of housemanship only to end up spending 21 years there.

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Dr Effah who currently works at the Catholic Hospital in Battor said his decision to stay was mainly because of a German nun who later became her mentor.

“I went to Bator in 2002 after my house job in Korle Bu. I went with another doctor; now a big surgeon. We intended to stay for two years and go back to Korle Bu and specialise. We wanted to do obstetrics and gynaecology. When I went there, I met a nun, Sister (sic), who was from Germany – the gynaecologist. She become my mentor.

“I will be 21 years in Battor. I have not done a single locum; that does not mean I don’t operate in other hospitals. People call me and I go and work there for free – I don’t charge. When people ask me, I tell them my father left me a pot of gold.

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As a token of appreciation for years of dedicated service, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa gifted Dr Kofi Effah a brand-new SUV.

Young man celebrates becoming a doctor

Earlier YEN.com.gh reported that an excited young man expressed delight after finally becoming a doctor.

The post sighted by YEN.com.gh on the Twitter timeline of @Officialmauton had him revealing that he failed one of his courses and had to write again before he could become a doctor, and thankfully he has successfully passed.

Source: YEN.com.gh