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I HAVE A STORY TO TELL ONE DAY I AM NOT STOPPING NOW

@SantanStan1 First of all, they don't know who a lab physician is Don't worry bro

So what exactly prof Der Dey go find for emergency? Some histology slides dey there or what?😂😂

@bryte_bell @HerbalistChief Witchcraft and greed

@HerbalistChief Is it not witchcraft and greed 🤦🏽‍♂️ What happens if they also want to take the consulting rooms 🤷‍♂️

Medical Doctors at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital are on strike because: 1. They are not allowed to head & supervise in the Laboratory. 2. The number of Doctors not enough to start 24-hours OPD services Your number is not enough yet you still want to head the laboratory unit.

@mark1millikan @MzInterkudzi @dr_bandak Sometimes, read.

@MzInterkudzi @dr_bandak And you say it's about they just working in the lab? Lol

Honestly, I would have preferred a different way of handling this. A strike over laboratory access feels like an overreach, especially in a national referral hospital where any disruption immediately affects patients. But the strike is not the real story. The real story is how we got here. Is this a leadership battle, or a territorial battle? If you believe the laboratory should be reserved only for medical laboratory scientists, that is not consistent with how modern diagnostic systems work. If you also believe the laboratory must be led only by laboratory physicians, that is equally incomplete. Those are the two extremes. A serious health system should be able to find a workable middle ground between them. —- The reason this conflict feels so intense is that the laboratory is the center of modern diagnosis. It determines cancer diagnoses, antimicrobial choices, transfusion safety, and clinical decision-making. That is why leading teaching hospitals treat laboratories as diagnostic systems rather than professional territories. ——- Medical laboratory scientists protect the technical reliability of results. They manage testing systems, sample processing, quality control, method validation, instrumentation, accreditation, and workflow. Their core question is: Is this result accurate and reliable? If a test is technically unreliable at Korle Bu, the mere presence of laboratory physicians will not automatically correct that failure. That is why this debate should not be reduced to a vague claim about “validating results.” —- I have also noticed that a few people don't seem to understand what laboratory medicine is about. Laboratory medicine is a well-established specialty. (The history of infectious diseases is one of my favorite topics) Laboratory physicians bring a different function. They connect laboratory findings to diagnosis, specialist reporting, treatment decisions, and complex patient care. Ghana’s own specialist training pathway recognizes laboratory medicine in anatomic pathology, chemical pathology, hematology, and medical microbiology. Their core question is: What does this result mean for the patient? ——- The term “validation” must be separated into at least two levels. Medical laboratory scientists confirm that the sample is acceptable, the instrument worked, quality control passed, and the result is analytically sound. In other words, “Technical Validation.” Laboratory medicine physicians provide clinical validation for a select # of specialist cases. It is worth noting that not every result needs a laboratory physician's sign-out/validation. Most are released through technical validation and approved procedures/protocols. But some tests are different. For example; A biopsy can diagnose cancer. A bone marrow report can diagnose leukemia. Genomic results can shape major clinical decisions. These sometimes require clinical correlation. In most established systems, this is mostly done by laboratory physicians —- If this dispute is mainly about who leads the laboratory, then a better model would be structured co-leadership. A laboratory physician can lead the clinical domain. A medical laboratory scientist should lead the technical and operational/administrative domain. This is what is done in major hospital labs. Then again, I hope this is not merely about “who heads the lab.” And I will be more disappointed if it's also about “ACCESS” —— Healthcare should be organized for patient outcomes and higher standards of care. We can achieve that only through collaboration. Not competing for professional dominance. —- In Johns Hopkins & other major hospitals, laboratory services sit within departments of pathology and laboratory medicine. They have a medical director (usually a laboratory physician/pathologist) and an administrative director (usually a medical laboratory scientist) ——- But what do you think the real issue is? I would love to hear from both sides

@MzInterkudzi @kwakukhing_ @dr_bandak See the user read the main tweet understood it but decided to step down here to set you up. They're just being mischievous

@kwakukhing_ @dr_bandak Laboratory physicians are trained to do all that although that is not their primary role. It’s to enable them troubleshoot and to help determine the accuracy and reliability of test results. Show your Levey Jennings to any lab physician and see if it won’t be interpreted

@AsanteGyamficl2 @MzInterkudzi @kwakukhing_ @dr_bandak Tell us, who are the lab physicians

@MzInterkudzi @kwakukhing_ @dr_bandak Why is this statement ignorant ? Are they not supposed to be in the consulting room ? Is the labs theory workstation?

@kwakukhing_ @MzInterkudzi @dr_bandak Who makes up an LP? Let's start there. You're wrong for making that Radiologist analogy. Don't be too ignorant

@MzInterkudzi @dr_bandak LPs should be in consulting rooms, called only when needed. The LP’s only legitimate value is complex consultative cases.That’s a referral role, not a supervisory one. A radiologist doesn’t sit in the MRI room supervising the radiographer. Same principle.

@MzInterkudzi @aky_agyemang @dr_bandak Why bother? Someone who has dedicated his life to ignorant and mischievous It's not worth explaining the depth of the ocean to a fish that lives in the bowl. His mind is limited to his boundaries.

@aky_agyemang @dr_bandak There is no misinformation here mister

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At the end of the day, it's our Patients that really matter not all these tussles.

@iamDrSam @MbabeyDuun @dr_bandak Don't explain the depths of the ocean to a fish that lives in a bowl. Minds are limited by the boundaries of their experience. Don't worry yourself, they'll argue with you anyways. The issue will solve itself

The laboratory is both a technical system and a clinical service. Leadership should reflect that reality. Not one profession over the other. But two domains, clearly defined, working together under structured governance. Is this too difficult to understand?

@MbabeyDuun @KaskoHerbal @dr_berkai This Statement is soo wrong, everyone has a field they so admire. Someone who wants to be a hematologist or pathologist should let the dream go because you feel there's a wide range of work to do? Doctors and lab scientists coexist in the lab globally, why must Ghana be different

@KaskoHerbal @dr_berkai Exactly my point Our hospitals are lacking these specialists and they won't focus on that

So many opportunities to explore, yet we’re caught up in turf battles🙂 There’s room for everyone and collaboration should win!!

@TabiriTabs @iamMrMarfo1 I get one guy wey I want tag but it'll be bloody here. But the lady too sloww, you that you no make fine wey somebody come help you no, you dey talk say he be simp 😂😂

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Some guys Dey do light soup then laundry all Herr 🤣🤣

They sit 2nd 😂😂😂

@GhanaSocialUni Very sad

People are just being murdered in Ghana for no reason .. what the hell is going on? Just read a man and his wife were just murdered .. Charley why?