A volunteer medical group is calling on government to outsource the Ebola screening process at the borders of the country to private health bodies.
According to the group, Doctors Across Borders, a visit to a number of borders of the country revealed a very poor and badly managed screening process.
They believe outsourcing the screening process will make it more efficient.
[contextly_sidebar id=”1MIxcV9QrR3aQXQl8iOnSnEz9qNANSQ7″]Executive Director of the group, Dr. Kwadwo Amponsah Darkwah speaking to Citi News said he believes the private health organization will do a better job.
“What do you need to screen? Nothing much! These special Ebola dress that they’ve brought, I don’t know how they have distributed them, ten thousand, we don’t know where they are sitting,” he said.
He said the inability of government so supply all the equipment needed to deal with the Ebola, means it must “outsource it to the private organizations.”
“We are here with the international community who are ready to help, to provide resources, to provide funds for training extra hands. We don’t need to even train nurses and doctors who are only working in our clinics and hospitals we can even train ordinary people on how to screen,” he indicated.
So far the disease has killed about 4,500 persons in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Meanwhile, about 40 reported Ebola cases in Ghana have all proved negative.
The Oxford University in United Kingdom has predicted that Ghana as well as other 14 African countries in Africa risk recording Ebola because of their geographic location.
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/cititfmonline.com/Ghana