Prof. Frimpong-Boateng: Ghana is not worth dying for but…

Professor Frimpong-Boateng is the founder of the Korlebu Cardiothoracic Centre

Ghana is not worth dying for, says Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, who ironically believes this is the very reason people should sacrifice for the sake of the country's development.

The professor was last week sacked as head of the Korlebu Cardiothorasic Centre and was required to vacate his post with immediate effect.

The incident generated heated debates with many across the political devide critisisng the health minister for the manner in which the surgeon was dismissed.

Meanwhile President John Evans Atta Mills has given 'founder' of the heart centre a month to hand over properly.

Speaking in an interview with Adom FM's Adakabre Frimpong-Manso Tuesday, Prof. Boateng stated that government never contributed to building of cardio centre and that he handed over administrative work of the centre four years ago.

He noted that he has received numerous calls from people abroad who have told him it was foolish on his part not to have set up his own cardio centre from the very beginning instead of doing it for a nation that in the end did not show him appreciation but rather humiliated him.

Relating to the undeserved kindness Jesus Christ showed mankind, he admonished all Ghanaians, especially those in the diaspora, to bear in mind that paradoxically it was due to the very fact that Ghana is not worth dying for that they should die for it.

Though difficult, he said doing so will ensure that the nation sees growth; and we need fools like Frimpong-Boateng to help the nation progress, he observed.

Commenting on his motivation to start the cardiothoracic centre despite stiff opposition even from colleagues in the health sector, the heart surgeon revealed that the death of his father which resulted from an injury to his heart after suffering an accident strengthened his resolve.

Story by Dorcas Efe Mensah/myjoyonline.com