Dr Leslie Issah Adam Zakariah- A Great Son Of Gonjaland In The Making

Gonjaland is blessed to have numerous renowned medical doctors like Dr Seidu Kokor who is credited with leading a team to eradicate the guinea worm disease from Ghana; Commissioner of Police (COP) Dr Seidu Mohamadu Zakariah who is the Director of the Ghana Police Hospital- Accra; Proffessor Ahmed Nuhu Zakariah, a technically competent and renowned Intensive Care Specialist who is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the National Ambulance Service; Dr Afisah Zakariah who was adjudged as the Outstanding Female Doctor of the year 2014 and currently the Acting Chief Director of the Ministry of Health; and others. They did their part and continue to do a lot for Gonjaland.

Of late a young medical Doctor, Leslie Issah Zakariah seems to be making waves with his medical assistance to many people in Gonjaland and his philanthropic donations to some health centres in Gonjaland. He has also used his Medical Rescue Team to give free medical care to delegates and the general public at the Congresses of the Gonjaland Youth Association the past two years at a great cost.

At the 2016 Congress of the Gonjaland Youth Association at Kpembe, Dr Issah and his Medical Rescue Group attended to over 600 individuals including children.

Persons diagnosed of acute conditions were appropriately treated while those found to have chronic conditions had treatments initiated and advised to continue treatment at the Salaga Hospital.

Many of those Dr Issah and his team attended to have told the National Executives and the local organising Committee of Congress to thank Dr Issah for showing love to Gonjaland. They told the executives they would have spent so much money to get the diagnoses and treatment they were given.

During the 2015 Congress of the Gonjaland Youth Association at Buipe, Dr Isaah and his team of two nurses namely Ella Musah and Haruna Fausia offered free medical screening for both males and females in the morning of the durbar of Congress, that is on Saturday 4th April, 2015.

Over 500 people were screened with common ailments such as malaria, ulcer complaint cases, typhoid, malnutrition, rheumatism, piles and hypertension or BP cases dominating. Some without any cases of ailments also requested for drug prescriptions for future use.

Dr Issah recently (28th March, 2016) donated much needed assorted medicines to the Buipe Health Centre.

The Central Gonja District Director of Health Service, Hajia Ayisheitu Bukari was so elated that he wrote to Dr Isaah:

"... On behalf of the Health Directorate and the Buipe Health Centre, I wish to express our profound gratitude to you and by extension the entire Gonjaland Youth Association for the kind gesture. We appreciate what you have done and we hope this will not be the last of such donations to us... "

I have been told Dr Isaah and his team have plans in place to offer free services by eye specialist, dentist and HIV free testing and counselling hopefully at the next Congress of the Gonjaland Youth Association at Sawla.

I am not surprised Dr Issah has already been pencilled for an award at the next Congress of the Gonjaland Youth Association at his young age.

More grease to your elbows Dr Issah!!
Gonjaland is proud of you!!
Mahama Haruna
(PRO, Gonjaland Youth Association).