Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse Quotes

I want to be a team player, and hopes to get everybody working with me, and to encourage them to do things right, and at the right time; no matter how difficult.

I urged Ghanaians to de­sist from telling lies and do what they would like to do if nobody was watching them.

The Paediatric Surgery Depart­ment took care of newborn babies up to 13 years.

The challenges in the department included the clinical condition the patient was identified with, you could diagnose the condition and prescribe medication for the patient, but the parents could not purchase the medicine, and having completed a nice job, the post-operative man­agement of the case could be problematic because the parents could not provide the needed items.

Working as a Paedi­atric Surgeon was God’s plan for my life because l was told by my par­ents that at the age of four, l had indicated l would become a paediatric surgeon. It is so surprising that l knew nothing about it so l inferred that it was God who had directed my thoughts.

In paediatric surgery, a child comes to the hospital with a problem and when you operate on the child or you correct the problem, the next day the child is ready to go and play football. In this situation, the anxious parents would like to find out wheth­er the child should be allowed to play or not.

There was no regret working as a Paediatric Surgeon because I attached professionalism to my work and the relief given to par­ents and their sick children had provided me a lot of satisfaction. Additionally, working with my hands to see a little child get better was a wonderful activity which she took delight in.

However, the icy hands of death took away her father, in her first year at the Medical School in 1971. This was a catastrophic and traumatic experience.

I have never wavered going through all the disciplines in medicine.

Take every experience as a learning process and make a conscious effort to read widely because the world has become so globalised, it would be disastrous if we failed to recognize that. And in all these, we should pray to God for inspiration.

Sometimes tough, especially when I wants something done. Most of the people who I have worked with understand me.

I intend to transform Korle Bu into a centre of excellence where everybody will receive equal services from our medical staff. Patients will be received with open arms irrespective of the class or status, just as is done in the advanced countries.

By the grace of God, the school has graduated 28 medical doctors from three batches. The main thing is about their work ethics and high character.

His death affected my academic performance that semester. I pulled myself together after his burial, and told myself – I will not fail.

Do not procrastinate. I believe the youth of today have numerous opportunities which they must explore but is worried that many are not patient.