THE Government of the Republic of Korea has presented two new Stavic ambulances and a pick-up worth $2 million to the Yilo Krobo and the Upper Manya district assemblies in the Eastern Region.
The ambulances, equipped with all the necessary life-saving gadgets, are to support health facilities in the beneficiary districts to respond to emergency cases in their remote areas, especially women in labour.
The initiative, which is under a project dubbed, “Supporting Mother and Children Health Care in the Eastern Region”, is expected to help reduce maternal and infant mortality and improve health delivery in the two districts.
Presenting the keys to the vehicles, the Korean Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Lee Sank-Hak, said the presentation of the vehicles was an indication of the Korean Government’s commitment to supporting health facilities in the country to reduce the high incidence of maternal and infant mortality.
According to him, Korea over the past four decades had a similar high infant mortality rate which was around 12 per cent; one of the highest in the world. Korea, he said, was, however, able to overcome this problem due to the support other countries gave to the country and the support of the Korean Government.
Receiving the keys to the vehicles on behalf of the two beneficiary districts, the Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, thanked the Korean Government for its commitment to improving healthcare delivery in the country.
He recounted how one of the Ophthalmologists at Koforidua who underwent a knee surgery at the St. Joseph Hospital, Koforidua passed away since there was no ambulance with life-saving gadgets at Koforidua to transport her to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
He, therefore, appealed the Korean Government to help provide an ambulance at Koforidua to service all the health facilities in the area.
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