Director of NOGUCHI Memorial Institute vouches for authenticity of Ebola tests conducted at facility

Director at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Dr Kwadwo Koram, says the Institute is a WHO certified organisation that will in no way falsify medical research results. 

This was in response to questions raised by people about the accuracy of the results given by the institute on people whose blood had been sent there to be tested for Ebola. 

Dr Koram said this during a familiarisation tour by the Minister of Health, Dr Kwaku Agyeman-Mensah, to Noguchi and the Food and Drugs Authority. 

Dr Koram said the entire test conducted on people purported to have contracted the Ebola virus had proved to be negative adding that the institute had no reason to falsify results as it would taint its image should the truth come out eventually. 

He urged Ghanaians to be grateful to God that all the research findings carried out on persons purported to have contracted the disease had proved to be negative. 

He said Ghana and Senegal were the only countries in Africa to have such medical research facilities which had helped a lot of other countries in the sub region due to the accuracy of its research findings. 

The Minister of Health, Dr Kwaku Agyeman-Mensah, appealed to Ghanaians to have faith in the works of Noguchi as it has carried out a lot of findings which have gone a long way to help in medical research. 

GNA