Sports medicine department proposed to be established as part of Accra 2023

Accra 2023 hopes to establish a sports medical department at a university ©Accra 2023

A proposal has been made for a sports medicine department to be established in a university complex as part of the legacy of next year's African Games in Ghana.

The suggestion has been made by the Medical and Anti-Doping Sub-Committee of the Accra 2023 Organising Committee.

The concept would form part of wider development, with a proposal having been made to establish a university dedicated to running university sport programmes.

"It is absolutely impossible not to have the University of Sports for Development without a sports medicine department," said Prince Pambo, Medical and Anti-Doping Sub-Committee vice-president.

"We have already identified areas at Borteyman where at the end of everything, there will be [centres] for running a sports and exercise medicine clinic both for academics and also for treating injuries.

"The highest point for us for Accra 2023 is the legacy we are going to leave behind for the country which is the University of Sports for Development.

"So for us, the only thing we can all look up to is the sports medical facility within the sports university.

"It is the greatest thing and that gives a lot of us joy.

"If we have to tap in our already existing global network to bring in faculty to help with teaching and other sponsorship programmes, we are ready to do that for the country."