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Nov
Parliament Considers National Ambulance Service Bill Parliament is considering the National Ambulance Service Bill, 2020, to provide a legal regime that establishes the National Ambulance Service (NAS) and effective administration and management of emergency care services. The National Ambulance Service (NAS) was set up in 2001 as a result of the reviews into patients transport services and medical retrieval services in the country after the Accra sports stadium disaster on May, 9th 2001, which claimed the lives of 127 sports enthusiasts but formal structures and operation began in 2004 without any legislative backing. Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, Deputy Minister of Health…