Prof Wiafe Akenteng with is staff after the day’s health activities
A renowned herbal doctor, Prof Wiafe Akenteng, has advocated for people to make it a habit of undergoing thorough lab tests at least once in a year so that they are able to confirm or not if they have any forms of illnesses in them or not.
He explained that this is particularly important because there are many times that people get surprised with sicknesses that they never imagined they had.
“There are many people who are sick and do not even know it. So, in order for doctors to diagnose them and ensure that these do not spread or become worse, that is why people must have regular checkups.
“And there are various drugs that the FDA has approved that we can give out to them to help them get better. Today, our hope is that people conduct lab tests at least once a year so that we can check for sicknesses like prostate, syphilis, typhoid, malaria, HIV, Hepatitis B, among others,” he stated.
Prof Wiafe Akenteng, who is also the Founder of Natural Way Herbal Clinic, said this during a free Independence Day health screening event organised at Santa Maria for some several hundreds of people.
Explaining why he organises this exercise annually, Dr. Wiafe said that, “These days, one of the most common diseases in Ghana is high BP and diabetes. Hepatitis B is another one and then HIV, which can even be contracted from barbering shops. All of these make it necessary for people to get checked medically, and very often.”
As part of the event, free food and various fruits from the forest were given to everyone.
He also used the opportunity to educate the beneficiaries on natural healing teachings as a way of “showcasing the essence of good health and in the spirit of Ghana Month too.”
Meanwhile, watch this Ghana Month special edition of People and Places as we hear the story of how the head of Kwame Nkrumah’s bronze statue was returned after 43 years, below:
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