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495 Emergency Medical Technicians pass out

Four hundred and ninety-five Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) of the National Ambulance Service (NAS) have passed out at the Paramedic and Emergency Care Training School at Nkenkasu in the Offinso North District of the Ashanti Region.

Date Created : 11/25/2019 8:27:15 AM : Story Author : Emmanuel Buorokuu/Ghanadistricts.com

This brings the number trained in readiness for the deployment of 307 ambulances to 2,154.

Presenting 10 Toyota Hilux Pick-up vehicles to National Ambulance Service (NAS) at a handing over ceremony at Nkenkaasu in the Offinso North district, Mr. Agyemang-Manu said 96 of the ambulances have arrived in the country, of which 48 have been cleared, with the remaining 48 still in the process of being cleared.

The Minister said the 10 Toyota Hilux Pick-up vehicles thus provided by the government, would enable NAS to ensure effective use of the new 307 ambulances and ensure quality pre-hospital care delivery services.

Mr. Agyemang-Manu gave assurance of the government’s commitment to adequately resource the NAS to enable it to improve on its emergency response capabilities and help save lives.

On monitoring the vehicles, the minister handed over 10 brand new pick-ups to the NAS to enhance its monitoring activities across the country.

He said to ensure that the new ambulances procured by the government were put to effective use, there was the need to carry out regular monitoring activities, and that was why the pick-ups had been provided.

The pick-ups were procured with support from the World Bank, under its Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition programme.

On Misuse of Siren, Mr. Agyemang-Manu cautioned EMT drivers not to abuse the use of the sirens on the vehicles they drove and said the ministry would not hesitate to punish anyone who flouted the rules of the service.

He appealed to the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) and the Progressive Transport Owners Association (PROTOA), to allow the NAS and other emergency services to have easy access to the roads as they performed their duties, adding that doing so would contribute greatly to save lives.

In his welcome address, the District Chief Executive for Offinso North, David Kwasi Asare, appealed to the Ministry of Health and the National Ambulance Service to consider improving the infrastructure development of the school to meet the standard we are all yearling for.

Madam Fati Abdulai, receiving her award. From the Minister of Health.

In all four Emergency Medical Technicians were awarded and the overall Best recruit ward went to Madam Fati Abdulai