Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance, has recently spoken up about his struggles with health.
For some years now, there has been suspicion regarding the Minister’s health owing to changes in his physical appearance in public.
Mr. Ofori-Atta said on Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV on Thursday, November 19, 2021, that he had been dealing with liver disease for some time.
He spoke a day after presenting the government’s 2022 budget statement to parliament.
“I got COVID-19 somewhere in November and then got out of a hospital’s emergency. I came home on the 10th of December, things were pretty good when I came. Then I began to feel jaundiced. I was later diagnosed and told my liver was inflamed and required some work to determine what was really happening.”
“It took some time to find the probable cure, which involved steroids and all of that. I went back for review in August. The information was that it’s pretty much gone. They are now titrating to see how to bring the steroid down, so I can get back to normal life.”
The Minister, on the other hand, argued that he is competent to do his job.
“Essentially, I’m pretty much mended. I need just to manage my rest, sleep and exercise and have some good food.”
“We are grateful to God and other people who have us in prayers. But clearly, the DNA is strong enough to do the work I have to do.”
After contracting COVID-19, the Minister was unable to work for several weeks in the first quarter of 2021.
He was flown out of the country to the United States to obtain medical treatment for virus complications.
Mr. Ofori-Atta traveled to the United States on the advice of his personal physicians on Sunday, February 14, 2021.
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SOURCE: CITINEWSROOM
