Madam Grace Ayensu-Danquah, a Deputy Minister of Health, has pledged her Ministry’s resolve to overhaul Ghana’s emergency services and hospital infrastructure, to tackle the persistent “no bed syndrome” issue, following the death of the late Charles Amissah.
The late Amissah, a 29-year-old engineer, was allegedly turned away by three major hospitals after a hit-and-run accident.
“Mr Speaker, we are retraining our emergency services staff… We are even extending this into the ambulance service itself,” she told Parliament on Tuesday.
Madam Ayensu-Danquah gave the pledge when she commented on a formal statement by Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Minority Leader, on the death of the late Amissah, who died on Friday, February 6, after allegedly being rejected respectively by the Police Hospital, Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, because of the lack of beds.
The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has, however, interdicted four staff pending investigations.
The Deputy Health Minister said, the government had planned to upgrade equipment, retrain staff, and strengthen ambulance services nationwide.
She said the Ministry was working diligently to ensure the avoidance of such needless deaths.
GNA
