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I am Dr Frank Andi-Mends, Medical Officer in charge of Medical Ward at the Sisters Hospitallers’ “St. Francis Xavier” Hospital in Assin Foso (Ghana), where I have been working for a year and a half.
In 1965, the Sisters Hospitallers assumed the administration and management of a small clinic located in Assin Foso. Throughout these more than 50 years, despite going through very hard times due to political and economic instability at the national level, that small clinic is now a hospital of reference for the African community, which offers a full set of health services to the districts of Assin North and Assin South, in the Central Region of the country.
Currently, the hospital has 138 beds for inpatients, as well as outpatient consultations, surgical, diagnosis, laboratory, maternity, children’s medicine, x-rays, dentistry and ophthalmology services, among others. Specifically, in 2017, we treated over 128,000 people. If it were not for our services, it would be hard for them to be cared for by qualified medical personnel. On the other hand, the Hospitaller mission also reaches the homes of many patients, through a follow-up program for sick people with tuberculosis, AIDS and/or with geriatric needs. In the annual peer reviews carried out by hospitals in the area, this centre has positioned itself as one of the best.
In my specific case, dedicating myself to general medicine involves working closely with different departments, which makes specialisation difficult. However, it offers the possibility of having vast knowledge in various subjects. My areas of intervention are: outpatient and inpatient consultations, emergencies and surgical operations in my area, as well as providing support and necessary information to patients and their families when needed.
