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‘Be sensitive to plight of patients’
Rev Fr. Ignatius Ayivor preaching
The Parish Priest of the St. Augustine Catholic Church, Ashaiman, Rev Fr. Ignatius Ayivor has appealed to health personnel to be more sensitive to the plight of their clients.
He observed that since they were most of the time surrounded by the sick, there was the tendency to get used to it and would not treat their calls for help with the urgency it deserved.
Rev Fr. Ayivor said this during his homily at a Unity Mass by the church on the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time in the Year where the Gospel reading talked about the Richman and a Poorman called Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31.
He said the reading was to arouse in everyone a sense of duty to the less fortunate and also have regard for God and humans.
He said just like the Richman neglected the Poor man Lazarus although he knew he was suffering and needed help he closed his ears and eyes to his calls for help pointing out that some health personnel also did same to their clients which was not good enough.
The Catholic Priest said it was sad that sometimes patients were even rushed to the Consultating Rooms because of the huge number of clients waiting to be served which in some cases even compromised the quality of the services delivered to them.
He said much as the job became challenging sometimes, they should not lose sight of the fact that they were supposed to feel for their patients.
He said even as religious persons, they were equally placed to help people in need because they were always hearing about the troubles of others but that should rather make them do their best to ease their pain.
The Parish Priest said it was important for Christians to make it a priority to share time, money, energy, knowledge or anything they had with the poor but sadly “others don’t do so to alleviate their suffering instead they use that to exploit them.”
He stated that all some people needed was a listening ear, prayers, food and visits at hospitals, prisons, among others to make them feel loved but it was unfortunate that many had become too busy to do so or put themselves in a certain class that had made them unapproachable.
He said whether a person was rich or poor, they were equal before God and so there was no point to look down on others and advised the parishioners to be respectful to all persons, smile and be sensitive to the needs of all persons.
From Dzifa Tetteh Tay, Ashaiman.
The Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has disbursed GHS134,000 to 22 students under the latest round of his Scholarship and Bursaries Programme.
According to a statement from his office, the 22 beneficiaries are enrolled in 16 tertiary institutions across the country.
They are studying various courses, including medicine, marketing, law, public health, midwifery, business administration, education, and secretaryship.
The MP’s office commended the beneficiaries, especially the five students currently studying medicine and physician assistantship, encouraging them to remain committed to their studies.
The statement indicated that the scholarship initiative, which began in 2017, aims to support brilliant but needy students from the Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency to further their education. So far, about 700 students have benefited from the program.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Four tricycle operators, popularly known as ‘Pragya’, have been prosecuted and fined GH¢600 each equivalent to 50 penalty units by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for obstructing public roads at the Agbogbloshie Market.
The offenders, who were arrested by Public Health Officers of the AMA during a routine enforcement exercise, pleaded guilty to the offence and were subsequently convicted by the court.
The four operators were among the 21 offenders recently arrested at the Agbogbloshie Market for various sanitation and public order violations, including selling on open drains, obstructing walkways, and trading at unauthorised locations.
Speaking after the court proceedings, the Head of Public Health at the AMA, Madam Florence Kuukyi, said the court was lenient with the offenders since it was their first appearance, hence the fine, and warned that subsequent offenders would face stiffer penalties, including imprisonment.
