Government is open to discussions on the possible outsourcing of Ebola screening to private entities, proposed by a volunteer medical group, Doctors Across Border, the Ministry of Health has said.
The group made the call after their checks revealed that the Ebola screening at the countries borders are not as effective as expected.
They also argued that they can lobby for support from the international community to augment Ghana’s preparedness against the deadly disease, hence the need to outsource.
In an interview with Citi News the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Health, Tony Goodman said the Ministry is open to such discussions provided they send a comprehensive proposal that can convince the ministry to outsource the Ebola screening.
[contextly_sidebar id=”yTxBkmPmhcK2lsB0rR8896bWTFhn3Oki”]He said; “I would suggest to them that they write to the ministry and it will be looked at.”
“The fight against the spread of Ebola is a national concern to all of us. We are all concerned and we are dealing with it from national perspective and not the ministry of health perspective or individual perspective. Everybody is doing his best, all hands on deck and we are making sure that the people of this country are protected,” he added.
Meanwhile the medical volunteer group has also told Citi News they will meet with government soon to present their plan of action.
The Executive Director of the group, Dr. Kwadwo Amponsah Darkwah told said: “We are most ready, in fact we even made some proposals but we weren’t sure of government’s assistance so we are very ready to send the proposals to that effect.”
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana