Weed out quacks from Allied Health profession
The President of the Ghana Society of Radiologists, Mr James W. Ampofo, has called on the Allied Health Professions Council to weed out quark practitioners from the profession.
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He said council had been ‘slow and sluggish’ to identify quark practitioners and hand them over to law enforcement agencies.
Mr Ampofo added that some medical doctors offered unqualified persons licence to practice radiology in clinical areas.
He explained that the equipment used were sophisticated and thus needed a qualified practitioner with at least four years university training.
Mr Ampofo was speaking during the celebration of the 119th World Radiography Day in Accra.
World Radiogralogy Day
November 8, every year is a day set aside by the world to remember the contributions made by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895 when X-rays were discovered.
This year’s theme: “Radiography- Advancing Imaging and Healing Globally,” emphasised the imaging and healing role of radiographers in healthcare delivery in Ghana.
Ministry of health
Mr Ampofo said the ministry of health’s structure did not have placement for radiographers who had attained higher levels of training.
According to him, radiographers, who had been trained abroad to offer definitive medical reports on radiographs, were regarded in Ghana as having acquired only academic knowledge.
“This is a disincentive and underutilisation of human resource in a country where many health institutions are without such professionals,” Mr Ampofo indicated.
He added that most health authorities had acquired and commissioned radiography equipment with no inputs from end-users such as radiographers.