Prof. Jacob Plange-Rhule | |
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Born | |
Died | 10 April 2020 Accra, Ghana | (aged 62)
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Alma mater | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; Victoria University of Manchester |
Occupation(s) | Physician, academic |
Spouse | Gyikua Plange-Rhule |
Jacob Plange-Rhule, FRCP, FWACP, FGCP (27 July 1957 – 10 April 2020) was a Ghanaian physician, academic, and Rector of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons from October 2015 until his death in 2020.[1][2]
At the time of his death, Plange-Rhule was a professor and Head of the Department of Physiology of the School of Medical Sciences in Kumasi, Ghana.[1] He was also a consulting physician at the Department of Medicine of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, where he founded the Hypertension and Renal Clinic and headed it for more than two decades.[1]