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Fr. Dr. Emmanuel Mensah Boateng, first Medical Physician of the Kumasi Archdiocese who had just completed his Medical School at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana.

Ghanaian Cleric Inspired by Saints Cosmas and Damien Becomes First Doctor in His Diocese

Jul 23, 2020

Early this month, a priest in the Archdiocese of Kumasi in Ghana realized his childhood dream of becoming a medical doctor within the confines of his priestly vocation in the West African country following the example of Saints Cosmas and Damien who were both physicians and Catholic Priests.

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