Health News of Friday, 3 April 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, has raised serious concerns about Ghana’s emergency medical response capacity, pointing to the severe shortage of trained paramedics and the limitations of current ambulance practices. Speaking in an interview with JoyNews on Friday, April 3, 2026, she stated that Ghana currently has only about eight (8) paramedics in the country. I think we have only about eight paramedics in the whole country, so that’s also a huge issue. Then once the ambulance gets to the patient, or the staff in the ambulance gets to the patient, what do they do? So, you scoop, you stabilise to the best of your ability depending on the ambulance staff, and then you run to the hospital,” she explained.

Source: GhanaWeb April 03, 2026 11:17 UTC