One of the key reasons why the Upper East Region continues to be unappealing to some health professionals is the absence of economic and educational opportunities that foster professional and social growth.
This is according to Dr Dennis Daliri. Dr. Daliri is the only Specialist Psychiatrist serving the Upper East Region. Dr Daliri made the comments on the Day Break Upper East Show on A1Radio. He was speaking on the state of mental health in the Upper East Region and the availability of skilled professionals to help deal with the situation.
“The disparity between the north and the south is something that is so obvious. It is a bit of a challenge from that angle. Also is known that in the south, there seem to be, if you like, more opporunities. If I were in Accra, I could be practicing and be doing another [educational] programme. I could upgrade myself in various areas.”
“Sitting in Bolgatanga [Upper East Region], I am kind of limited in such opportunities. For a lot of us who really aspire higher in medical practice, if you were in Korle Bu [Teaching Hospital], Komfo Anokye [Teaching Hospital], or Accra Pyschiatric Hospital, because they are training centres, working there automatically, is like training. Within a few years, you move up to the next level.”
“It becomes more of an incentive to stay there than to come up here,” he said.
Meanwhile, Dr. Daliri mentioned that the region has a lot of backlog as far as mental health is concerned.
Dr Daliri made the comments on the Day Break Upper East Show on A1Radio. He was speaking on the state of mental health in the Upper East Region.
“The precipitating factors of mental health are predominantly social issues; and you realized that the Upper East is actually regarded as one of the poor regions in the country. We’ve a lot of people going around not really having anything to do as far as employment is concerned. You’ve a lot of people who wake up and are even struggling to see if they’d be able to feed once a day. You’ve a lot of people who’re sick and are even wondering if they’d be able to get money to finance their treatment.
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith|Ghana
