A Senior Advance Emergency Medical Technician, Gaani Michael has said he does not know the name of the ‘ambulance app’ which is meant to reduce and minimise challenges of medics on the newly commissioned ambulances reaching patients in critical condition no matter their location in the country.
‘’I installed the App yesterday on my phone but for the name I have to get back to you. I don’t know the name off head’’ he said on the midweek edition of the ‘Happy Morning Show’ (HMS) on Happy FM
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday commissioned and distributed the three hundred and seven (307) ambulances recently procured to help augment operations of the National Ambulance Service (NAS).
The new ambulances are to be distributed in all two hundred and seventy-five (275) constituencies in Ghana in fulfilment of the government’s 2016 election campaign to help improve emergency healthcare delivery
Prior to his failure to mention the name of the ‘ambulance App’, he had said the digital system in the newly commissioned ambulances are effective.
‘’The digital App in the ambulance is in full force, the time we asked for to be able to put our house in order, we did exactly that. If you call the ‘call centre’ your location will be generated and we will know exactly where you are’’ he stated.
‘’The only question we will ask you is the state of your emergency’’ he bragged.
When the host of the ‘Happy Morning Show’ Samuel Eshun asked him if the people who live in the rural areas can access this system he said.
‘’We cannot wait for everybody to own a smart phone before we operationalise the ambulances. Even in the industrialized countries you cannot have a hundred percent (100%) coverage’’
Meanwhile, one of the ambulances according to Happy FM’s correspondent in Kumasi Owoahene Acheampong, en route to Yendi was involved in an accident losing a driver’s mirror and a dent on the side of the ambulance.
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By: Bridget Mensah
