HSI Journal Celebrate College of Health Sciences (CHS) @ 25

A History of Healing at LegonFrom the annals of time, a vision took hold, Sir Gordon Guggisberg, and a story unfolded.Nineteen twenty-three, the whispers began, A proposal for healing, a bold, forward plan.Korle Bu's foundation, a teaching so grand, the seeds of a college, sown in the land.Medical education began in the land of Ghana in 1984.Farquhar and Dr.Richard Cross, with a purpose so true, secured vital funding for dreams to break through.Nineteen sixty-five, a landmark we see, The University of Ghana, embraced destiny.Fifty-one students, a pioneering start, Home-grown physicians, playing a crucial part.Challenges emerged, like shadows so deep, Economic downturn, and the progress to keep.Staffing shortages, resources so lean, but resilience and aid helped bridge the unseen.British Council support, a lifeline so strong, Restoring the balance, where they truly belong.Yet the path wasn't straight, detours arose, American models considered, as history shows.But a Ghanaian spirit began to ignite, a need for their own, burning ever so bright.The nineteen sixties stirred, a pivotal time, for a medical genesis, in its glorious prime.Expansion unfolded, with steady increase, More students arriving, bringing inner peace.Dentistry's dawn, a parallel stride, with Manchester's guidance, their futures allied.Socioeconomic hurdles, a temporary delay, but the spirit endured, lighting a brighter day.From time's deep well, a '1993 vision began, sparked by Prof Archampong, the 5th Dean of the Medical School: health united.A Dean's bold dream, a College to rise; passed to Prof S.K. Owusu, through the winding hall it went.Debated, refined -Medicine joined the name.Voices converged, Public Health Research, Nursing's aim.Allied Health's promise then began to gleam.The Collegiate concept, a unifying thread, breaking down silos, knowledge widespread.Interdisciplinary learning, a powerful art where collaboration blossoms right from the start.A shared infrastructure, efficiency's gain, A stronger foundation, weathering every pain.The nineteen-eighties, a period of strain, Economic pressures, causing academic pain.But lessons were learned, adaptations were made, Sensitization grew, and no longer afraid.Logical opinions began to take hold.The collegiate structure, a story to be told.Preliminary discussions, the idea took flight, disseminated widely, bathed in wisdom's light.Enthusiasm surged, a contagious desire, the Ghanaian Medical School, reaching ever higher.Objectives were drafted, with foresight and care, A vision for healing, beyond all comparison.