A physician assistant with the Salvation Army Anidasofie Clinic at Kokomlemle, a suburb of Accra, Ms Rabiatu Wattigi Mahmoud, has advised patients suffering from hypertension and diabetes against default in medication.
She said medication for such conditions were for life and that defaulting in hypertension medication would result in stroke and other debilitating conditions.
Ms Mahmoud, who is also the Founder and Executive Director of Health Belt Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, was speaking to The Ghanaian Times on Sunday during a health screening organised by the foundation for the Weija community in the Ga South Municipal, as part of the World Diabetes Day which is observed on November 14.
She expressed worry over the default rate among diabetes and hypertension patients saying, "We met a lot of defaulters, we met some diabetic cases who are not taking their medications and their sugars levels are very high." Similarly, "We met a number of hypertensive cases who have defaulted in their medications and their blood pressures are very high, we have counselled them on the dangers of stroke and other complications that they might suffer from defaulting in their medications, including chronic kidney and acute kidney cases.
