Bole, (NR), Feb. 24, GNA – Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday announced that government would renegotiate with the Cuban government for the posting of the country’s medical brigade to Ghana. He said the programme which was truncated a few years ago
was placing heavy responsibilities on Ghanaian doctors. Vice President Mahama made this known when he presented
an Ambulance and medical equipment comprising hernia set,
four pieces of amputation set, three pieces of caesarean set
valued at GH¢50,000 to the Bole District Hospital. The Vice President called on health administrators to
streamline the National Health Insurance Scheme in order to
generate more funds for the sustenance of the programme for
the coming years. He gave the assurance that government would provide the
infrastructure to reduce the incidence of diseases and child
mortality rate, which had the bane of the health sector. Mr Emmanuel Ewuntomah, District Director of Health
commended the Vice President for the equipment and said it
would facilitate and motivate the personnel to step up their
productivity. The District Director appealed to the government to establish
more community health clinics for people in the remote areas. Mr Ewuntomah called for the upgrading of feeder roads in
the district to facilitate the transportation of patients from rural
areas to the hospital.
Source: GhanaWeb
