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Let us invest in health education for
quality health care delivery - Yamson
Accra, Nov. 18, GNA - Mr Ishmael Yamson, Chairman of
University of Ghana Council has called on corporate
institutions and organisations to invest in health education
to ensure the development of the required human resource
base for quality health care delivery in the country.
He noted that knowledge acquired by health personnel would
save the lives of many Ghanaians.
Mr Yamson made the call at a fund-raising dinner and awards
night organised by College of Health Sciences of the
University of Ghana in Accra at the weekend.
It was to support its Post Graduate Endowment Fund and
reward individuals, institutions and organisations that had
contributed to the fund.
Mr Yamson said most corporate institutions and organisations,
used most of their funds to support beauty pageants and it
would be appropriate to channel these funds in health
education.
He pointed out that there was the need to invest in the
training of new and young health personnel to replace the
ageing health professionals and lack of such financial
assistance had led to most of the specialists in the health
sector leaving for further education outside the country and
had failed to return due to inadequate investment in their
training.
Mr Yamson said establishment of the fund had led to the
retention of 87 per cent of health personnel in the country
as compared to 13 per cent who were retained some few years
ago.
He said with the assistance of the fund the cost of a
postgraduate training programme had reduced from 30,000
pounds to 250 dollars.
Mr Yamson said the College required the needed human and
financial resources to achieve its vision of ensuring good
health, comfort and happiness to the people.
Professor Clifford Nii Boye Tagoe, Vice-Chancellor of
University of Ghana called for measures that would ensure
health personnel were provided with further training to
remain and provide better health care delivery in the
country.
Dr Charles Mensah, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the
Fund advised Ghanaians, individuals and organisations to
assist in the development of local institutions especially
in the health sector.
Professor Aaron Lante Lawson, Provost of the College,
appealed to individuals, institutions and organisations to
support graduate training for specialists and the level of
basic sciences.
"Government has played its role and it is up to us to
contribute our widow's mite to support the College, " he
added.
Prof. Lawson said the business community was a key partner
for the country's human resource development and should
endeavour to ensure regional and district hospitals were
staffed with specialists and staff components of the basic
sciences.
Four individuals and 31 corporate institutions and
organisations received awards for their outstanding
contribution to the Fund.
About 24,000 Ghana cedis and 8,000 dollars were realised as
pledges by individuals, institutions and organisations.
GNA
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