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Delivering quality healthcare with alternative medicine – Dr Bright Okoh shows the way
Dr Bright Okoh
An astute herbal medicine practitioner, Dr Bright Okoh, with over two decades of experience is leading a group of over 30 health professionals to complement quality healthcare delivery in Ghana with alternative medicine.
Operating the Greenfield Scientific Herbal Clinic, a fast-growing health facility and a heavyweight in the alternative medicine industry, Dr Okoh has carved a niche as one of the best on the continent and the world at large.
Dr Okoh started the Greenfield journey in 2009 as a herbal shop in Nungua and later expanded to a herbal centre about five years later. Today, the shop has become an ultra-modern herbal clinic with facilities to offer various services.
With over a decade of practice and saving lives with alternative medicine, Dr Okoh, a degree holder in holistic medicine, has established Greenfield as a fully-fledged health centre in Ghana, serving the medical needs of people within the community and beyond.
Operating at Buade in Nungua, Accra the clinic with expertise in stroke, infertility, halitosis, sexual weakness, hypertension, bone settings, sexually transmitted disease and others, have won several awards including the ultimate Best Herbal Practitioner of the Year, 2020, an award held by Afrik Media in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.
Prior to that, Dr Okoh the Chief Executive Officer was awarded the Bone Setting Specialist of the Year in 2018 at the seventh African Health Legendary Awards. The company won the West African Traditional and Alternative Medicine Awards in 2019, Promising Scientific Herbal Centre of the Year in 2017 and the Best Facility in Herbal Clinic in Greater Accra.
On the global stage, the health centre won the Best Herbal Clinic of the Year at the World Changers Summit and Awards 2018 in Dubai. The clinic further won the outstanding stroke centre and bone settings specialist of the year in 2019 organised by the African Health Legendary Awards.
Dr Okoh believes that the recognition came out of their dedication and commitment to providing quality health care and looks forward to more of such awards next year and beyond.
According to Dr Okoh he has gathered enough experience in the sector and following feedback from clients they would not renege on their efforts to provide quality health care.
He said the World Health Organisation (WHO) recognises alternative or herbal medicine practitioners as they contribute about 60 to 70 per cent of healthcare to people globally.
On Corporate Social Responsibilities activities, they donate to the needy in society including orphanages such as the New Life Orphanage at Nungua. They also give to a disability group in Teshie of which Dr Okoh is a patron. They also present some items to the Kpeshie Police during the COVI9-19 outbreak, conduct regular free health screening exercises at churches, taxi ranks and markets as well as registering over 500 people on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Dr Okoh intends to expand and improve upon quality healthcare in the country.
In addition, he would provide solution to the challenges within the industry bothering around finding raw materials at affordable prizes. Hence, the need to secure lands to cultivate plants for the medical uses as done in other developed countries including the United States of America.
Offering advice on the Christmas festivities Dr Okoh advised the public to eat quality foods with organic products, avoid self-medication and excessive drinking of alcohol, exercise for proper blood circulation and sleep well.
By Michael D. Abayatey
Massive celebrations were recorded countrywide as the Black Stars opened their 2026 World Cup campaign with a 1-0 victory over Panama in Toronto on Wednesday.
Midfielder Caleb Yirenkyi scored the only goal of the match late in the game as he shot in a decent cross from substitute Brandon Asante.
The win gave Ghana a positive start in the competition, placing them in second position behind England, also with three points but with a superior goal aggregate.
After the final whistle, the streets and other viewing centres were turned into partying grounds as fans, mostly clad in the team’s paraphernalia, danced to several World Cup-themed music.
Others blew the vuvuzelas in joyous mood with others putting up a spirited ‘jama’ session.
Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Adentan Constituency, Akosua Manu, has urged party members to move away from what she describes as an “entitlement mentality” and focus on unity, sacrifice and hard work as the party prepares for the 2028 general election.
In a statement titled “Is Loyalty a Queue?”, and posted on facebook, Ms. Manu argued that loyalty to the NPP should not be judged by how long a person has been in the party but by their contributions and commitment to its growth.
According to her, the NPP’s history shows that many of its leaders faced significant opposition from within the party before eventually leading it to electoral success.
She cited former President John Agyekum Kufuor as an example, saying he had to overcome resistance from influential figures within the party before winning power for the NPP in 2000.
Ms. Manu noted that after the party lost power in 2008, former President Kufuor faced criticism and accusations from some party members.
However, she said supporters eventually put their differences aside and worked together to rebuild the party.
She pointed to the experience of former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who, according to her, faced opposition from some factions within the NPP despite his long service to the party.
“His trials were ten times what Kufuor endured,” she stated, adding that Akufo-Addo eventually overcame the challenges and became President of Ghana.
Turning to the NPP’s current flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Ms. Manu said he also faced resistance from different groups within the party while seeking leadership.
She praised Dr. Bawumia for contributing to policy-based political discussions in Ghana and for remaining composed following the NPP’s defeat in the 2024 elections.
According to her, party members must now rally behind him in the same way they supported former Presidents Kufuor and Akufo-Addo.
Ms. Manu, however, warned that internal divisions and a sense of entitlement remain major threats to the party’s future.
She argued that some party members place too much emphasis on how long individuals have belonged to the NPP rather than on their contributions and capabilities.
“This entitlement does not question impact. It does not ask what you sacrificed or what you built. It asks only how long have you been here,” she said.
The former parliamentary candidate cautioned that such attitudes could discourage committed members and prevent the party from selecting the best people for leadership positions.
She further called on the party’s incoming national executives to strengthen the NPP’s core values of sacrifice, honesty, integrity and dedication to national development.
Ms. Manu addressed the concerns of young party supporters, many of whom she said became discouraged following the NPP’s electoral defeat in 2024.
According to her, many young people remain eager to see the party return to power but are unwilling to support internal conflicts driven by personal ambitions.
She urged party elders to place the interests of the NPP above their individual goals and to demonstrate leadership that attracts rather than alienates members.
“The NPP is bigger than any one of us. It always has been. Our collective responsibility is to act like it,” she stated.
By: Jacob Aggrey
