A top neurosurgeon at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Habi Mohammed Abdullah, has raised issues with the letters supposedly issued by the Mayo Clinic in the US, on the medical condition of former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta.
Speaking in an interview on JoyNews on Saturday, June 7, 2025, Dr Mohammed Abdullah indicated that the details of the two letters that have supposedly been issued by Ofori-Atta’s doctor raise some questions.
He said that the first and second letters, given the medical diagnosis of the former minister suffering from prostate cancer, do not “reconcile.”
He also stated that the medical procedure stated in the second letter is done in a day, even in Ghana, and does not require days to be completed.
“From the two letters that I’ve seen, it was clear that as at March, he would be undergoing surgery. So, it’s very difficult to reconcile the two letters because the second letter now says that they had to undergo MRI-guided biopsy. So, it means as at that time, no diagnosis had been made unless Mayo wants to send that information that the biopsy was the surgery that they were talking about.
“But usually, biopsies are done as a day activity. Usually, in Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, it is done on the ward, and the patient goes home the same day. Some even do it in the clinics. So, it’s very difficult to reconcile the two letters,” he said.
He reiterated, “This is what we do in Korle-Bu and I’m sure in many, many hospitals across the country where urological services are available.”
He explained that the procedure stated in the letter is just a form of minor surgery to make a diagnosis and not a procedure to “remove the disease per se.”
He added that this procedure can easily be done in Ghana, noting that it is the minister’s preference to have it abroad.
Watch a video of his remarks below:
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