Adopt modern methods of preserving herbal medicine- Expert to practitioners

Senior Medical Doctor at Champion Divine Clinic, Dr. Kelvin Abraham Kwarteng, has appealed to herbal medicine practitioners to adopt modern methods of preserving herbal medicine.

Dr. Kelvin Abraham Kwarteng made this statement when an eighteen-member delegation of student health practitioners from the Indiana State University in the United States of America toured the Champion Divine Clinic as part of their practical lessons.

The students who were accompanied by Professor Dr. Nyama MaCarthy-Brown, PhD, toured the various facilities at the award winning clinic on Thursday May, 31, 2018. The tour was to assist the students appreciate the use of herbal medicine in the treatment of stroke, diabetes, ulcer, hepatitis B without surgery.

Speaking to the media after the tour, Professor MaCarthy-Brown said the trip was to offer her students the opportunity to be familiar with herbal medicine production. She said ‘’most of the students are not familiar with herbal medicine and so we came to learn about how we get herbal medicine, how we diagnose and how we treat patients with herbal medicine".

The students who had the opportunity to tour the dispensary, outpatient department, laboratory and other departments expressed their gratitude and commended the clinic for its state of art science lab used in the delivery of quality healthcare.

Dr. Kelvin Abraham Kwarteng, revealed that ‘’the clinic did not invite the students but rather the students wrote to us and requested for a visit and upon arrival, they had the opportunity to witness how herbal drugs are manufactured in Ghana”

According to him, the clinic would continue to play a leading role in promoting herbal medicine to meet the medical needs of the people.

Champion Divine Clinic which was established in 2004, had won many international awards for promoting herbal medicine in the country, including the Africa Alternative Herbal Clinic for the year 2008 and the Dr Kwame Nkrumah Africa Leadership Award.

According to him, the clinic prides itself with the best and qualified professionals in discharging healthcare and the use herbal medicines to treat people. Dr. Kwarteng explained the need for Ghanaians to avoid self-medication and seek medical care to prevent the abuse of drugs. He also spoke against the sale of drugs in commercial vehicles and advised the public to always seek proper care.

Ghana | atinkaonline.com | Frank Eshun

 

 

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