Accra, Aug 20, GNA –
The Management of Family Health Medical School, (Ghana’s Premier Private
Medical School) led by its President, Prof. E. Y. Kwawukume, as part of her
social responsibilities, have taken measures to launch an Endowment Fund on the
17th of October, 2019.
This is to provide
financial support for the needy, but brilliant Ghanaian students from both
rural and urban areas, having the desire to be trained as medical doctors.
The “FAMILY
HEALTH MEDICAL SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND” would be launched on 17th
October, 2019 at the Family Health
University College.”
The Fund shall
constitute gifts, grants, donations, and bequests, as may be given by a
corporate body, a group of persons, or an individual.
Any person may
contribute, or devise money, or other personal, or real property to the Fund;
and to ensure its success, contributions towards the Fund shall be administered
and managed by a Board of Trustees.
In an interview with
Journalists, the President, Professor Kwawukume, stressed that the purpose of
the Endowment Fund would provide scholarships/financial support to needy, but
brilliant Ghanaian students with the desire to be trained as medical doctors;
mainly for continuing students who face financial challenges.
The fund, he added,
would also be used to promote research, and to provide equipment and supplies
in support of teaching and learning within the faculty, and for any other
purpose designated by a donor.
The Registrar of the
Family Health Medical School, Mrs. Rita Kaine, appealed to individuals,
institutions, organizations, and the general public to support the fund so that
in the long term, the Institution would be able to produce doctors to augment
the few in the system and to activate the empty health facilities in the
country.
The Registrar urged
the government to join hands with the private medical institutions to help
produce more doctors in the country as it costs more to train a doctor abroad
than at Family Health Medical School.
The Registrar
however, appealed to government to consider sponsoring students to be trained
as doctors in the country’s private medical schools, such as Family Health
Medical School, which had all the teaching and learning facilities.
The Family Health
Medical School, she indicated, boasted of qualified and experienced professors
and lecturers who were keen at imparting their practical knowledge and skills
to the students.
The long-term
benefits of the Endowment Fund will ensure the continued support of a diverse
group of students from low income background within the country; help to make
medical training accessible to more Ghanaian students; and increase the
doctor-patient ratio in the nation to an acceptable level.
The beneficiaries of
the fund will include; students who on the inception of the medical programme,
are capable of paying their fees, but due to sudden challenges such as, the
demise or poor health of their main sponsor, are incapable of paying the
remaining fee.
The 2019/2020
admissions are now in progress and they are opened to both Ghanaians and
foreign applicants. A special package awaits fresh applicants to the Medical
School.
Family Health
University College comprises a Medical School and a Nursing and Midwifery
School. It also has a general and a specialist hospital, supporting the
schools, on the same campus.
Family Health
Medical School is Ghana’s premier private medical school with a hospital,
modern facilities, spacious laboratories and lecture halls.
Family Health
Medical School is affiliated to the University of Ghana and accredited by both
the National Accreditation Board (NAB) and the Medical & Dental Council
(MDC).
The School offers a
six-year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) programme for
WASSCE and ‘A’ Level candidates, and a four and a half-year Bachelor of
Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) programme (Graduadte Entry Medical
Programme) for first degree holders in science related disciplines.
The School has
students from Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Liberia, Cote d’IVoire, the United
States of America, Britain, Canada, and Pakistan.
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