There are more Ghanaian physicians in New York City in America than there are in Ghana, renowned US-based plastic surgeon, Dr Michael Obeng said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, medical practitioners feel comfortable working abroad because they receive better care and regards for their work there than they do in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Thursday, Dr. Obeng said it is important doctors are given better attention by the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are more Ghanaian doctors in New York than in Ghana. And these statistics are astonishing. We need to take care of our doctors so they don\u2019t leave. We don\u2019t take healthcare seriously\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Obeng also said even though strides have been made in the healthcare system in Ghana, there is much to be done to make Ghana\u2019s healthcare system considered one of the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think Ghana\u2019s healthcare is still in its infancy, the healthcare hasn\u2019t progressed a lot. It hasn\u2019t progressed in over the 30 years that I left, but we have made strides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn 2011, we went to Tamale to do a donation and it was heartbreaking to hear that a whole regional hospital didn\u2019t have a mammography and dialysis machines,\u201d Dr Obeng told host Francis Abban, adding \u201cwith some of the things I\u2019ve seen, I think there\u2019s still a lot to be done in our healthcare system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Obeng is an American plastic surgeon who currently practices in Beverly Hills, California, and is affiliated with the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obeng is the Director of MiKO Plastic Surgery and MiKO Surgery Centre in Beverly Hills. Before assuming this position, he was the Chief of Plastic Surgery at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center in Ohio, where he had started the Plastic Surgery Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: Ghana\/Starrfm.com.gh<\/p>\n\n\n\n