The Director-Normal (D-G) of the Ghana Well being Service (GHS), Professor Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, has known as for an finish to the widespread observe of sufferers needing connections or ‘protocols’ to entry medical care throughout public hospitals within the nation.
He described the scenario as unacceptable, stressing that each Ghanaian deserves equal entry to healthcare, no matter their social standing or affiliation.
NTC Administration after the assembly Photograph: Lizzy Okai
“No Ghanaian ought to go to the hospital and have to know any person earlier than being handled. That must be a factor of the previous,” Prof. Akoriyea added.
He made the comment yesterday throughout a courtesy name on the administration of the New Instances Company, publishers of The Ghanaian Instances and Spectator newspapers in Accra.
The go to was to familiarise with operations of the media home whereas forging partnership with it, to attain his imaginative and prescient for the GHS upon his assumption to the excessive workplace.
Whereas assuring that the Service beneath his management, was dedicated to constructing a good, equitable and accessible healthcare system, the D-G underscored the necessity for collective help to grasp that purpose.
He acknowledged the essential function of the media in shaping optimistic well being in search of behaviours, notably among the many youth, urging it to companion with the GHS to advertise preventive well being initiatives for a more healthy inhabitants.
“As a Service we can’t do it alone however when the media says one thing, it goes far and people purchase into it so we’ll want your assist because the media to assist us spotlight a number of the imaginative and prescient we now have notably on well being promotion to save lots of our youth,” he careworn.
Prof. Akoriyea expressed concern over the rising incidence of non-communicable ailments (NCDs), particularly hypertension and kidney failure, and the financial toll on sufferers and households thereof.
“Dialysis as an illustration is just not an answer for kidney failure, it’s a stopgap. Many die poor after being on dialysis so we have to transfer toward organ donation and transplantation—however this may require a nationwide dialog, and we’d like the media’s assist to begin that dialogue,” he urged.
The D-G proposed the appointment of a media focal particular person to assist coordinate well being actions with the GHS and talk important well being messages to the general public.
“Collectively, we will craft options which might be sensible and sustainable. We’re all potential sufferers. Let’s create a well being system that works for all of us,” he urged.
The Managing Director of NTC, Mr Martin Adu-Owusu recognised the significance of well being promotion to lowering Ghana’s illness burden, assuring of the Company’s help to the GHS in that route.
“For me, it is a name for teamwork, don’t neglect we’re all working for Mom Ghana as a result of on the finish, in the event you succeed, Ghana succeeds so we’re able to collaborate with the GHS to make sure that well being promotion turns into paramount within the on a regular basis well being system,” he assured.
For his half, the Appearing Editor of The Ghanaian Instances, Alhaji Salifu Abdul-Rahaman, expressed the paper’s dedication to upholding excessive moral requirements in journalism, prioritising objectivity and accuracy.
“We’re dedicated to help efforts at attaining common well being protection and we will guarantee you that yow will discover in us dependable halfners in enjoying that function.
Nevertheless, don’t neglect that GHS is obliged to additionally handle our sources prudently to make sure the availability of high quality healthcare and in that facet we may also maintain you accountable as duty-bearers in order that collectively we will construct a really sturdy and resilient well being system for this nation,” he acknowledged.
The D-G was accompanied by the Appearing Director of Well being Promotion Division, Mrs Mabel Asafo and the Public Relations Officer of the GHS, Jacob Acquah Andoh.
Different administration members of the NTC current on the assembly had been the Editor of Spectator, Mrs Georgina Quaittoo; Adverts, Gross sales and Enterprise Relations Supervisor, Mrs Edzodzi Can-Tamakloe; the Technical Providers Supervisor, Mr John Lawson; the Appearing Chief Accountant, Mr Eric Antwi, Appearing Inside Auditor, Mr Ismaila Attau-Lah and the Human Sources and Administrative Supervisor, Mrs Agnes Nketia.
BY ABIGAIL ANNOH
