Dr. K.A.B. Akosah
Dr. Akosah is the new President of the Ghana Medical Association.
He is an internationally renowned Pathologist at
Legon/Korle Bu Hospital who was recently featured in West African
Magazine.
Educated at Prempeh College under the stewardship of the accomplished historian Dr. T.A
Osae, this Asante Royal is coming up with a plan to make the Pathology Department of
Legon the envy of the African continent, so much so, that students from all over Africa and the
Caribbean will decide to study or to carry out postgraduate studies at the Medical School of
the University of Ghana. Little wonder that the Medical Admissions Committee at Legon has
so strong an affinity for Prempeh College applicants.
"The Brilliant Don" is the son of the late J.C. Akosah, the first District Commisioner of Mampong District who held office during the Nkrumah Regime.
Akosah Jr. cruised safely through school exams at Prempeh College and proceeded to the Medical School at Legon, the University of Ghana, excelling in his chosen field, pathology.
He left Ghana in the early 80's to carry out postgraduate work in England, training at the Hammersmith Hospital, working as a locum in Britain and as far away afield as Gibraltar. He then became the Consultant Director of the
Pathology Department at East London Hospital. However, he later resigned this post to take the Chair with the Pathology Department at the University of Ghana.
Dr. Akosah is also in line to the Mampong throne and, his admirers keep reminding others, "he will be Mamponghene before long."
In his interview with West Africa Magazine, he said "I intend setting up a Pathological
Research Foundation in Ghana for the whole of Africa, and would invite all concerned, both nationally and internationally, to contribute to its development."
"I call on all qualified Ghanaians to seek to return home, for it is in the interedt of those living in the country and the country as a whole, that we owe our allegiance to. Our destiny is in our own hands, and if others can survive on
20 pounds sterling a month, I see no reason why expatriate Ghanaians complain they can not survive."
