Jacob Plange-Rhule

Plange-Rhule was born on 27 July 1957, in Winneba, Central Region, Ghana.^[2] He had his secondary education at the Accra Academy where he obtained his Ordinary-level certificate in 1976 and his Advanced-level certificate in 1978 prior to entering the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.^[3] He graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) from the School of Medical Sciences at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 1984.^[2] Plange-Rhule then completed a doctorate in renal physiology from the former Victoria University of Manchester (now known as the University of Manchester) in 1991.^[2][4]

In addition to serving as Rector of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons from 2015 to 2020, Plange-Rhule was a former President of both the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) and the Ghana Kidney Association.^[1][2]

Professor Jacob Plange-Rhule died from a short illness with COVID-19 at the University of Ghana Medical Centre in Accra on 10 April 2020, at the age of 62.^[1][5] He was survived by his wife, Gyikua, a pediatrician, and three children.^[2] He was laid to rest on Saturday 23 May 2020 at Gethsemane Memorial Gardens after a private funeral service.^[6]