By: Rachel Kakraba
He can best be described as an inspiration to young persons and an asset whose talent and academic feat must be nurtured for all budding talents to aspire to.
Dr. Nathaniel Cudjoe recently swept 16 out of 22 awards at the 55th graduation of the University of Cape Coast.
The Twenty-five-year-old neurologist Nathaniel Nii Cudjoe who is currently undertaking his housemanship at the 37 Military hospital, was the toast of patrons at the 55th graduation ceremony of the University of Cape Coast, in the Central Region.
Appearing on GTV Breakfast, on the Easter Monday edition of the show which celebrated his exploits, the young medical doctor disclosed his dream of pursuing medicine was always inspired by childhood movies he watched.
For him, contributing to national development through medicine is one that he does not take for granted.
“It’s a dream I have had since childhood. Growing up as you watch movies and you saw doctors go about their duties, there was something that I really admired.”
He attributes his success to God, a supportive family and lecturers. He said management of time is also crucial to success as well as perseverance.
“It’s more of a combination of factors, first of all I want to say it’s all by the grace of God. As a Christian I believe that to actually win 16 awards is not something that comes ordinarily, so I want to say its just by the grace of God. Secondly, I want to say that I got a lot of support from my parents, my uncles, my aunties and my siblings as well. Also my lecturers they were also very supportive as well. If I’m sitting here right now and I’m a doctor it is because I was trained by my senior colleagues, so I want to say thank you to them as well.”
Dr. Cudjoe added that “I will also like to talk about perseverance. The journey is not always a smooth journey there are always ups and downs, so even when you’re in your down moment you should know how to manage your time. You should also see the down moment as a learning curve and learn from your mistakes.”
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