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 ho… - Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse

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

It was an arduous task working continuously as a paediatric surgeon with no time to rest. Later, she had to recruit more doctors and nurses to assist her in the department and ensured that the staff were exposed to some of the best practices outside the country.

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.