The celebration of the 128th World Radiography Day in Ghana, took place at the Conference and Training Hall of the LEKMA Hospital in Accra. November 8 of every year is globally marked as World Radiography Day. It commemorates the day in 1895 when Roentgen discovered x-ray, laying the foundation of the Radiography Profession. This year’s celebration, themed ‘Celebrating Patient Safety,’ was highly successful, with the venue filled to capacity, and some attendees viewing from the Hall corridors. As has become the tradition in Ghana’s celebration of the discovery of X-ray, the event was divided into two parts.
The first part, referred to as the conference, featured speeches and messages from the leadership of the Ghana Society of Radiographers (GSR) and other Senior Radiographers. Chaired by the President of the Society, Mr. Dennis Amartey Ahia, the conference included Mr. Ahia’s congratulatory message to all radiographers. He thanked them for their professional radiography services over the years and wished them success as they strive to serve their clients better and safer. Emphasizing the celebration’s theme, Mr. Ahia underscored the crucial importance of protecting patients from adverse effects of radiation while providing accurate diagnostic images and treatments. The President of GSR asserted, “‘Radiation protection is a key aspect of maintaining the safety of patients in radiography and must be guided by the three fundamental principles: justification, optimization, and the application of ALARA”. The Head of Radiographers in Ghana also reminded all radiographers of their responsibility to protect children by reporting suspected physical abuse or non-accidental injury of children to the appropriate authorities within their workplaces. Find the full speech of the President of GSR at the end of this report.
In the Guest of Honour’s speech, Mr. Prince Rockson admonished radiographers to follow standard protocols in their daily activities, as this will, among other benefits, serve as evidence should any legal matter arise from their practice. Mr. Rockson is a member of the Board of the Allied Health Professions Council. He also extended warm felicitations from the ISRRT to radiographers in Ghana. He specifically mentioned that the ISRRT regional representative for Africa, Ms. Elizabeth Balogun, ‘happily extends her greetings and well wishes to Ghanaian radiographers and look forward to working together to strengthen the ISRRT’.
The occasion also saw the swearing in of the new executives of the Federation of Medical Imaging Students Associations. They were charged by the Special Guest of Honour to keep the federation united and work to promote radiography education wherever they may find themselves.
The new executives are:
- Mr. Jeffery Darko Boateng – President
- Mr. Alex Aduamah Essah – Vice President
- Mr. El-Shaddai Gyetuah – General Secretary
- Mr. Maxwell Adu – Financial Secretary
- Mr. Ahmed Hussain Sambo – Organising Secretary
- Mr. Raphael Kofi Ganyo – Public Relations Officer
After a snack break, the second half of the celebration of safe use of x-ray started. It was the 4th Mrs. Harriet Duah Radiography Quiz Competition. Mrs. Duah was an astute UK trained Ghanaian radiographer and a pioneering member of radiography education in Ghana. For decades until her retirement, she dedicated her time and resources in training radiographers at the premier X-ray training school at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra.
The Quiz mistress was Mrs. Maame Fosuah Ampofo. The participating Universities included the defending champions, University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), University of Cape Coast (UCC), University of Ghana (UG), University for Development Studies (UDS), and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). At the start of the competition, the Quiz Mistress read out the rules for the quiz.
Round 1
Only UCC and UG contestants were able to correctly answer the first set of questions. After the second set of questions, UDS still had no points. All Universities but UG answered the third set of questions correctly. The last set of questions for the round was then posed. At the end of Round 1, these were the results:
| UCC | UG | KNUST | UHAS | UDS | |
| 3 | 3 | – | – | – | |
| – | – | 3 | 3 | – | |
| 3 | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | – | 3 | 3 | – | |
| End of R1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
Round 2:
This round required the contestants to provide simple and short answers.
| UCC | UG | KNUST | UHAS | UDS | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| 3 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| End of R2 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 |
Round 3:
UCC and UHAS made substitutions before this round started. This was a True or False round where a penalty of one (1) mark is awarded for a wrong answer. UCC and UDS had a perfect score in this round.
| UCC | UG | KNUST | UHAS | UDS | |
| 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | -1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 3 | |
| Total | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| End of R3 | 30 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 23 |
Round 4:
This final round consisted of 5 riddles that were opened for any school to attempt. Five (5) points were awarded to a question answered on the first clue, 4 points on the second clue. And 3 points on any other clue.
| UCC | UG | KNUST | UHAS | UDS | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 3 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 6 | – | 6 | 4 | – |
| End of R4 | 36 | 16 | 25 | 27 | 23 |
| POSITION | 1ST | 5TH | 3RD | 2ND | 4TH |
Although it was a tough contest, UCC maintained their lead right from the start to the end
UCC WERE THE CHAMPIONS OF THE 5TH MRS HARRIET DUAH RADIOGRAPHY QUIZ COMPETITION, NOVEMBER 2023.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! TEAM UCC.
CONTESTANTS:
UCC: Mr. Mathias Dakey, Mr. Kadmiel Agbalenyoh, Mr. Benjamin Brusah
UHAS: Mr. Prince-Andrews Oteng, Mr. Samuel Yeboah, Ms. Yvonne Yeboah
KNUST: Mr. Blay Amos Nyameke, Ms. Ewura Adwoa Acquaah-Arhin, Mr. Boateng Jeffery Darko
UDS: Ms. Irene Asasu, Mr. Emmanuel Putier, Mr. Abdul-Rauf Moshie
UG: Mr. Solomon Korsah, Mr. Thomas Koduah Omane, Mr. Aziel Tagoe
PRIZES WON
1ST: Trophy, Souvenirs (Branded shirts), GHS 1,000.00
2ND: Trophy, Souvenirs (Branded shirts), GHS600.00
3RD: Trophy, Souvenirs (Branded shirts,), GHS400.00
4TH: Souvenirs (Branded Shirts), GHS200.00
5TH: Souvenirs (Branded shirts), GHS200.00
Special Acknowledgement:
Mr. Dennis Amartey Ahia (GSR President), Mr. George Friztberg Nunoo (GSR Organiser), and Mr. Emmanuel Ganyo Dogbe (Student Rep on GSR NEC) for putting the programme together.
Ms. Mavis Asamoah (Radiographer) for taking the pictures and videos of the event.
Ms. Princess Buadi (Technical and Special Assistant to GSR President) for organizing the snacks and lunch for the participants and audience.
Put together by The PR Team for the World Radiography Day, 2023
Mr. Innocent Aforlabi-Logoh (Public Relations Officer – GSR)
Mr. Kweku Afful (Radiographer)
Celebrating Safety, Always!!!
We are Radiographers.