9 Government Ambulances in the Western Region Fallen to the Ground – Minister

General News of Sunday, August 4, 2019

Source: kasapafmonline.com

2019-08-04

Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih, Regional Minister for the Upper West, revealed that the nine government ambulances that meet the health needs of the region's population are currently inactive.

Dr. Bin Salih, who revealed this information during the Jirapa Municipality's edition of the press meeting initiative, also said that he also expected the government to distribute the ambulances. Mercedes-Benz imported under the label "A riding, an ambulance". project.

"What the government is doing is supporting and helping the private investor to access funds," he added.

Regarding the poor performance of education in the region, Dr. Bin Salih suggested that the Regional Coordinating Council would soon convene a Stakeholder Conference to discuss the issue of indiscipline and poor performance at the primary and secondary levels in order to identify the path to take to meet the challenge.

Florence Ansongmwini, director of health services for Jirapa Municipality, said that four out of six doctors at Jirapa St. Joseph Hospital were on study leave.

This, she said, meant that patients waited longer in waiting lines, which caused some patients to self-medicate to avoid delays in treatment. hospital.

Despite the challenge, the municipality had no maternal deaths in the past two years; a feat that Ms. Ansongmwini described as commendable.

She added that although the remaining two doctors were working hard, the hospital served as a referral center and was receiving overwhelming numbers of patients, making management difficult for both.

The regional minister said that the Ministry of Roads and Highways had agreed that the Department of Roads Roads achieve some road projects within the municipality to give it a new breath.

Dr. Bin Salih revealed that eight factories had been approved for the region, including three in Wa Municipal, two in West Sissala and one in Lawra Municipal, Nandom and East Sissala districts.

The regional minister also took the opportunity to clarify some misconceptions about the "One District, One Factory" program (1D1F), saying it was an initiative led by the private sector.

The regional minister, who described the situation as sad, said that he had contacted Professor Ahmed N. Zakariah, director general of the Ghana Ambulance Service, who had badured him that four of the ambulances would be reactivated in the current this month to handle the situation.