AGPI Calling

Fellow Ghanaian,

The secretariat would like to inform you that the 2nd Annual Inter-Medical

School Public Speaking Competition to promote psychiatry as a fulfilling

career option for Ghanaian medical students would take place on Monday the 5

th of December 2011 at the main auditorium of the Ghana College of

Physicians and Surgeons in Accra from 12 noon to 3pm. The event would be

broadcast live on GTV.

In the morning before the debate, the Chairperson of AGPI, Dr Agyapong

would be on GVT Breakfast show with the Director of Clinical Services of St

Patrick’s University Hospital, to share their thoughts on how best to

tackle the numerous challenges confronting Mental Health Service Delivery

in Ghana. As you are aware, Ghana with a population of about 24 million

people have only 12 Psychiatrists of whom about half are retired and

working on contract.

The secretariat would like to encourage all Ghanaians in diaspora to inform

their relatives in Ghana about these two very important events on Monday so

that they could make a date with the AGPI on GTV and educate themselves

about the state of Ghana’s Mental Health Delivery System.

Thanks

AGPI Secretariat

Mobilizing and Inspiring for Advancement

www.agpireland.org