40 pick-up vehicles presented to Ghana Health Service by the Ministry of Health

40 pickup vehicles has ben released to the Ghana Health Service by the Ministry of Health to enhance its healthcare service delivery.

These 40 pick-up vehicles were purchased and handed over by government and expected to facilitate the smooth movement of personnel in the discharge of their duties.

This will enable movement to inaccessible areas where healthcare delivery is highly challenged.

Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, the Minister of Health entreated the users to ensure the judicious use of the vehicles. He said, “We have District Directors at distant places who need to move to remote areas to ensure that vaccines for kids are delivered and the delivery is monitored. So, I am happy to present these 40 pick-ups to the GHS to advance the course of healthcare service”.

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kumah-Aboagye who was happy to receive the vehicles said the vehicles will meet one of the major needs of the agency.

“The Service is represented in all the 261 districts managing at least eight thousand facilities across the country, and so this helps us to move not only staff for work, but also reaching the communities with service and making sure that the health centres, CHPS compounds and outreaches, especially dropping staff in communities and providing information services. It’s going to really help us in the remotest part of the country. We are ensuring that these ones are going to the most needy districts to make sure we improve the healthcare at all the levels,“ he said.

The Ghana Health Service assured the proper maintenance routine and judicious use for the trucks.