Lack of ambulance causing avoidable death in Atwima-Mponua | Health

Some concerned citizens of Atwima Mponua district in Ashanti appealed to Mr. Isaac Kwame Asiamah, MP for the region, to use his influence to obtain an ambulance for the district.

The absence of an ambulance at the district hospital has resulted in many preventable deaths, especially among pregnant women, accident victims and critically ill people requiring emergency medical services, according to the group.

Mr. John Brenya, spokesperson for the concerned citizens, who launched the appeal to Nyinahin through the Ghana News Agency, said the ambulances were to be called from Bibiani, in the northern region. -West, when the need made it felt. distance.

He added that private transport operators called upon to intervene in such cases had also taken advantage of the situation to charge exorbitant fees to relatives of patients requiring ambulance services in referral centers such as the L & # 39; Komfo Anokye University Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi for emergency treatment.

The drivers charged between 700.00 GHC and 1000.00 GHc to transport critically ill patients to KATH.

Mr. Brenya stressed the need for the MP to liaise with the Ministry of Health to provide the district with an efficient ambulance service, to help improve health care. emergency in the region.