{
  "id": 12578124,
  "title": "Treat patients with care, dignity — KNUST VC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/treat-patients-with-care-dignity-knust-vc",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T08:02:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/treat-patients-with-care-dignity-knust-vc/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Christian Agyare, has urged health professionals to treat patients with care and dignity, emphasizing the importance of compassion, diligence, empathy, and commitment to service in their work. Speaking at the 9th Methodist Health Professionals Conference in Accra, Prof. Agyare stressed that healthcare is not merely about treating illnesses but also about restoring dignity, bringing hope, and standing with individuals and families during vulnerable moments. He called for evidence-based practice, accurate diagnosis, safe medicines, reliable laboratory services, and efficient administration, urging healthcare workers to be honest in their records and accountable for the resources entrusted to them. The Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana, Most Rev. Prof. Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, echoed these sentiments, urging healthcare professionals not to approach their work primarily from the perspective of what they could gain, but to consider how they could use their skills and positions to serve others, emphasizing the theme of \"Compassion in Action\" as a means of taking practical steps to help people in need.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}