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Ambulances To Be Banned From Carrying Corpses – Mortuaries And Funeral Facilities Agency
05 Oct

Ambulances To Be Banned From Carrying Corpses – Mortuaries And Funeral Facilities Agency

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The Chief Executive Officer of the Mortuaries and Funeral Facilities Agency, Dr. Yaw Twerefuor has disclosed that ambulances will soon be banned from conveying corpses in the country. In Ghana, it is very common to see an ambulance carrying a corpse from the mortuary for burial. There are also instances where taxis or minibuses are used to carry a corpse. But Dr. Yaw Twerefuor has stressed that such practice is wrong as that’s not the function of an ambulance and further urged such drivers to stop it. “Very soon we’ll come out with a policy that will ensure that not…
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Moving Health Unveils New Ambulance Design
30 Mar

Moving Health Unveils New Ambulance Design

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Moving Health, a nonprofit that designs, builds, and distributes motorcycle ambulances to provide safe and reliable medical transport in rural Ghana, announces the launch of a new ambulance design. The organization spent two years collecting Ghanaian user feedback, incorporated that information into designing and building a vehicle that patients trust to transport them to receive medical care. The vehicle is a tricycle ambulance, leveraging the most common mode of transportation in the rural areas of the country. The design features a removable stretcher for the patient, seats for family members and medical personnel, as well as basic life support options. The new ambulance is the country’s…
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Free Ambulance Service Has Reduced Death Rate- Jamaludeen
12 Apr

Free Ambulance Service Has Reduced Death Rate- Jamaludeen

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A communications team member of the New Patriotic Party, Jamaludeen has praised the government for fulfilling the one district one ambulance campaign promise. During the 2016 campaign, President Nana Akufo-Addo promised to provide one ambulance for every constituency to improve the health sector. "In the time of the New Democratic Congress (NDC), the total number of ambulance available in the country was 50. 28 out of the total number was available for use. Users had to pay for the services for emergency. The NPP government has changed the narrative not only with the provision of ambulance but also with free…
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