Former CEO of KATH Opens Up About His Life: "I'm a Product of Sidechickism"

• Prof Otchere Addai-Mensah has disclosed that he was born out of wedlock, with his mother being the mistress of a married man
• The former KATH CEO recounted how his mother struggled alone to raise him, even selling her clothes and jewellery to survive
• Despite the rocky beginnings, Prof Addai-Mensah held no grudge against his father and appreciates the difficult choice he faced
• A relationship expert, Apostle Eric Okai, shared his views on the KATH CEO's assertions in an interview with YEN.com.gh

The immediate past Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Prof Otchere Addai-Mensah, has opened up about his life.

Sharing the story of his birth in an interview with Bright Kankam Boadi on the BKB Show, Prof Addai-Mensah stated that he was a proud product of a side chick.

He said his mother gave birth to him at the age of 21 to a married man who, after impregnating her, gave her money to terminate the pregnancy.

However, after taking the money, his mother decided to keep the child, which led to his birth many years ago.

"I don't joke with side chicks; I would not have been born if side chicks were not in the world. My mother was 21 when she gave birth to me. She was a student at Poly [Kumasi Technical University], and she was a side chick who got pregnant for a married man," he said.

"They had four abortions. I was the fifth, and my father wanted me out. So, he gave her money - GH¢2.00 at the time - to do it," he added.

He explained that after his dad later discovered the deed had not been carried out, he told his mother to use the GH¢2 he gave her to cater for herself and the unborn baby.

According to him, his mother struggled to raise him, working as a staff member at SSNIT and even selling off some of her clothes and jewellery to raise money.

"It was tough growing up, because there were times when you could tell that this is your father sorting people out, but he refused to help you," he said.

In an excerpt of the interview sighted by YEN.com.gh, Prof Addai-Mensah said he did not hold any grudges against his father despite not being wanted initially.

He stated that he had grown to appreciate the difficulties his father found himself in at the time of his birth.

"I don't blame my dad so much on that score, essentially because I was later to know that his wife was also pregnant. And so, faced with a choice, I don’t know what Bright (host of the BKB Show) would choose, but that is the decision he took."

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Speaking to YEN.com.gh, Apostle Eric Okai, a relationship, advised against sidechickism, adding that it ruins marriages.

"This are ladies who drain married men of the their hard earn money through sexual pleasures. Sidechicksm will be no more if married women will sit up to the sexual desires of their husbands," he opined.

President Mahama sacks KATH CEO

Prof Otchere Addai-Mensah was relieved of his duties as the CEO of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

This follows a meeting with the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh.

Following his dismissal from office, President Mahama appointed Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo, an orthopaedic surgeon, as the new CEO of the referral hospital in the Ashanti Region.

Tamale Teaching Hospital CEO sacked

YEN.com.gh also reported that the CEO of the Tamale Teaching Hospital was sacked by President Mahama.

Dr Adam Atiku's sacking followed reports of alleged medical negligence that led to the death of a patient.

The decision came after Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, visited the hospital unannounced.

Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh