Akufo-Addo Commissions 307 ambulances to 275 constituencies
President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, 28th January 2020, commissioned and presented 307 brand new, state-of-the-art ambulances, fitted with advanced life support equipment and tracking devices, to be distributed to 275 constituencies, i.e. 1-Constituency-1-Ambulance, to be managed by the National Ambulance Service, and the remainder of 32 ambulances to the headquarters of the Service.
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This is the single largest presentation of ambulances made to the Ghana Ambulance Service, since its establishment in 2004.
As against the scenario whereby 1 ambulance served approximately 524,000 people at the end of December 2016, today, we have a much-improved ratio of 1 ambulance serving approximately 84,000 people.