The Chief Executive Officer of the National Ambulance Service (NAS), Dr. George Kojo Owusu, has called for increased investment in pre-hospital emergency care to improve patient survival.
Speaking at the National Ambulance Service’s 2025 Annual and 2026 Mid-Year Performance Review in Accra, Dr. Owusu said ambulances should provide life-saving care, not just transport patients to hospitals.
He said the Service is strengthening emergency medical care through improved training, better equipment and faster patient transfers.
Dr. Owusu also appealed to government and partners to invest in ambulances, technology and personnel, while urging the public to call 112 early during emergencies and give way to ambulances on the road.
“Pre-hospital care begins the moment you dial 112. It starts with our call-takers giving CPR instructions. It continues with our EMTs making clinical decisions before the hospital gate. We are moving from basic first aid to advanced life support, that means training our medics to manage airways, control catastrophic bleeding, treat cardiac arrest and recognise strokes unseen.
“It means equipping every ambulance as a intubators, oxygen, suction devices, trauma kits, and essential drugs and not just a stretcher and a siren,” he said.
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