Former President John Dramani Mahama says the reason the National Democratic Congress (NDC) sent more female medical students to Cuba in 2012 was a deliberate move to cater for the needs of women who are usually comfortable with female gynecologists.
John Mahama said the then Atta-Mills government in 2012, decided to select girls from deprived Muslim communities to be trained specially in the area of Gynecology so Muslim women will be at ease while being attended to for their reproductive health.
He noted that the then NDC administration was aware of women, especially Muslims who did not like the idea of the male-dominated profession hence the need for the gesture.
Over 200 doctors, drawn from every district, were sent to Cuba under the Atta-Mills administration to be trained as doctors as part of a special level of cooperation 7 years ago.
Under the agreements, the Cuban government was to provide scholarship for all the 250 students who were selected from deprived communities throughout the country and expected to serve those communities on completion.
Former President Mahama, speaking at the Al Sunna Eid Prayers on the occasion of Eid ul Adha at the Efua Sutherland Park in Accra said he was happy the girls who trained as doctors and other health professions are back in the country.
“About six years ago, we got scholarships to send some children to Cuba to go and train as a Doctor in the medical professions. There was something significant that we did. When we got the scholarships, we deliberately decided to source girls from the Muslim communities in order that we can go train them as Doctors especially in the area of gyneacology so that when they come back our Muslim mothers and our Muslim women who have difficulty when they have to go and consult medically for their reproductive health, they prefer that a female doctor looks after them.” he said.
He, however, posited that once they are settled, there was the urgent need to strategically place them at health centers in order to efficiently give back to their society.
“When they come back, we need to strategically place them so that our mothers in the Muslim community and others who want consult for their reproductive health can have our sisters who have qualified s doctors be able to look after them.”
The NDC flagbearer, addressing the crowd, assured the Muslim fraternity, especially the females that their woes are over when it comes to their reproductive health.
Meanwhile, he urged the celebrants to continue to pray for a peaceful country adding that Ghana is known for peace hence "authorities must be up and doing to ensure maximum security for Ghanaians."
Source: Ghanaweb
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There is nothing like Cuba scholarship for Moslems. Mahama should give us the list of the Moslem girls who were to be trained as Specialist in Cuba. After attaining the high office of President you don't have to dabble in lies. It lowers your reputation and respect. You forget that there are records despite the fact something happened under you regime. The credit you are trying to gain does not exist. MAHAMA PLEASE STOP THE LIES. IT WON'T HELP YOU.
THIS IS BELOW THE BELT. SHAMEFUL CAMPAIGN MATERIAL!
Desperado,desperado,desperado,it looks as if this man has no campaign message. I have one for him free of charge. 'One celebrity one V-8'
LIES... They were not selected from every district in the country. They were selected from specific area and belonged to a particular party affiliated group.
What did you do to them? when you left them unattended to which made some of them thie*ves and prostitutes? those students had to write and beg Nana Addo and Dr Bawumiah to take care of them and you want ndc to take credit you people are sick ! when ndc sent them there for a higher price when this government has reduced that you want credit? take credit for the nkomfem fly away to Burkina, the sada,suba and gyeeda! I think when those nkomfem are brought back to Ghana ndc will take credit moho y3 mmoboro papa ! so getting to 2020 ndc are going to dance around their failed projects that this government has done but Ghanaian electorates know ndc didn't do nothing that's why they booted you out,and they will kick your as*s in opposition again to stay they !
Why would Bawumia take credit for work done by Mahama? The Cuba Scholarship for Muslims was started by Mills/Mahama yet Bawumia is behaving as if he is unaware of this.
Mahama has no campaign message. Why he did not say this during 2016 electioneering but now.So where are they?
BUT YOU SELECTED YOUR PART MEMBERS. SOME OF THEM EVENTUALLY ENDED UP TO BECOME ***barred word*** AND PROST1TUTS DUE TO YOUR INABILITY TO PAY THEIR FEES AND ALLOWANCES.
Akoa wei nso can't he find a campaign message? This kind of talk could be left for serial callers.
its means that we christians is better for our wives to expose their body to male docters