A new family doctor is coming to Bobcaygeon in December.
Two days after the Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHIC) and the Kawartha North Family Health Team announced Dr. Fraser Barratt is coming to Fenelon Falls, the organizations announced on Thursday (November 20) that Dr. Dennis Darkwa will be joining the Kawartha North Family Health Team in Bobcaygeon as of December 1.
Unlike Dr. Barratt, who is taking over the practice of retiring family doctor Dr. Hor Ven Zung, Dr. Darkwa will be accepting new patients.
Dr. Darkwa completed his Bachelor of Science in Human Biology at the School of Medical Sciences at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana in 2008, where he continued studying to complete his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) in 2011.
After practising for around nine years in various hospitals, clinics, and other organizations such as International SOS, Dr. Darkwa completed his general practitioner residency and training in Gloucestershire/Swindon in the U.K., where he qualified as a Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Dr. Darkwa’s wife, Dr. Joana Sarfo, is also a family doctor and is currently completing her general practitioner residency in the U.K. The couple and their three children visited the Kawartha Lakes this past summer. When Dr. Sarfo has completed her residency, she and the couple’s three children will be joining Dr. Darkwa in Bobcaygeon.
“I am excited to begin providing care to the people of Bobcaygeon and the surrounding area,” Dr. Darkwa says in a media release. “It will be a pleasure becoming familiar with the community as I settle in and await the arrival of my family.”
Through the Kawartha North Family Health Team, Dr. Darkwa will be accepting new patients who are registered with Health Care Connect. Patients in need of a local family doctor are encouraged to register with Health Care Connect at 1-800-445-1822 or www.ontario.ca/healthcareconnect.
Dr. Darkwa is the second family physician recruited through KLHIC’s new International Recruitment program.
