The Flagbearer of the largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo Addo is hale and hearty and has never been a cancer patient, his personal medical doctor, Prof. Yaw Adu Gyamfi has stated.
His clarification comes on the back of the story in the August 2016 edition of Africa Watch Magazine which was headlined “NPP’s Campaign In Jeopardy…Akufo-Addo Has Cancer.
The US-based magazine edited by Steve Mallory claims the presidential candidate of the NPP Nana Akufo-Addo, is suffering from the life threatening diseases.
The magazine in its report claimed the NPP flagbearer was diagnosed of prostate cancer in June 2013, with a high Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) count of 89.9, very much above the 3.72 upper range it should have been, according to British doctors.
The publication has sparked once again the debate for the electorate to know the health status of all flagbearers ahead of every general election, especially following the death of former President Atta Mills who died in office after being sick for sometime.
But in an interview on News File on Joy FM, Prof. Yaw Adu Gyamfi stated that Nana Akufo Addo is fit as a fiddle, adding that the rumours about the three-time Presidential Candidate’s health is without merit.
“Nana Addo’s PSA as done in June 2016 is 0.03 well below the fall level and is well…well below the 89.9 quoted in the article. He doesn’t have any cancer, if he had cancer with that kind of thing, he’ll not be able to be run around as he’s doing.”
He added: “Then the articles goes on to say that he has acute renal problem injury, large heart and all that. When you have acute renal failure usually you are unable to pass urine, Nana Addo if anything drinks water freely where ever he goes and eats whatever is put before him. He cannot have any kidney problems and he does not.” Prof. Yaw Adu Gyamfi, stressed.
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