Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Ade Coker has described government's Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a health service provider to use drone technology to deliver blood supplies and essential medicines to remote communities by September, this year as a ‘political gimmick’.
He wondered how beneficial or sustainable the project will be when roads leading to these communities can simply be constructed through a massive determination of government in no time to make those remote villages accessible to proper healthcare.
“How genuine will a medicine or blood be when it is transported by this machine? and how will a transported medicine or blood be of use when there is no doctor or nurse available in the vicinity to direct a patient on what to do?” he quizzed.
Speaking on UTV’s ‘Adekye Nsroma’ programme, Ade Coker said left to him alone, government should be interested in employing more nurses with good conditions to work in such remote areas than initiating this drone process, which will not inure to anyone's benefit.
Health Care Goes Hi-tech
Government will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with a health service provider this week that would enable the country to use drone technology to deliver blood supplies and essential medicines to remote communities by September, this year.
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia made the announcement at the opening of the Annual Health Summit organized by the Ministry of Health, in Accra on Monday on the theme: ‘‘Achieving Universal Health Coverage-Using Innovative Approaches’’.
"We don’t have to allow our mothers to die because we can’t have blood supplies and essential medicines sent to them", Dr Bawumia said.
Source: Elizabeth Semiheva Bedi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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The impossible NDC and their impossible logic.
You are your chicken brains will stay in opposition forever wai . even in Rwanda the gov't as introduce this into their health sectors delivery and it is working . NDC is a dom party
Because you dont understand that drones will revolutionize health care and delivery. Air borne emergency services means a 3hour round trip by road to collect blood or a drug in an emergency can be reduced to just six minutes. Get it in.
Anything good is impossible to NDC.
NDC and Ade Coker should know and understand that there a lot of big brains jn Ghana.N.D.C cant do altitude is nauseating and annoying. N.D.C and Ade Coker should elite in Ghana as falling in their use less propaganda to court our readiness to vote for.Ade Coker turned himself as a police officer and arrested trotro drivers into his residence ans now don,t have the power again to arrest Shameful ade coker , your communication is poor
The frustration of these NDC 1diots is way eating them up. They cannot appreciate any good thing anymore. These are the same bunch of l00ting squad who wasted our taxes to send Akua Donkor abroad for NOTHING! Today, they criticize anything at all, even the air they breathe under NPP. DOUBLE SALARY GENERALS!
IS THERE ANYTHING AT ALL IN THIS WIDE WORLD THAT IS POSSIBLE IN THE EYES AND MINDS OF THESE N.D.C MORONS? I AM SURPRISED THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE REALLY IN GOVERNMENT. HOW SOPHISTICATED IS THIS SIMPLE PROPOSAL THAT ADE COKER FIND IT HARD TO UNDERSTAND. OH N.D.C, THE CANNOT BE DONE BRIGADE, THE PARTY OF IMPOSSIBLE. WHILST BIG BRAINS ARE DREAMING BIG, CAN NEVER BE DONE BRIGADE ARE PLANNING TO STEELL. AS FOR THAT ONE,OF COURSE THEY ARE MORE THAN EXPERTS. AWIFOO PARTY
Are we serious as a country. So the sole purpose of this drones is to carry medicine, now is clear that this government is super incompetent. Road leading to this villages are very bad, so when one is sick and needs to travel long distance, will this drones carry the person. Someone should tell mr. competent vice president to provide the people with good water and fix their roads. This is what they need not drones please. Stop wasting tax payers money on things that are not necessary.
Even common digging of dams for farming is hard for you!! Because of corruption and ***barred word*** you’re talking about drones!! ***barred word*** LIAR!