A volunteer medical group is calling on government to outsource the Ebola screening process at the borders of the country to private health bodies.<\/p>\n
According to the group,\u00a0 Doctors Across Borders, a visit to a number of borders of the country revealed a very poor and badly managed screening process.<\/p>\n
They believe outsourcing the screening process will make it more efficient.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”1MIxcV9QrR3aQXQl8iOnSnEz9qNANSQ7″]Executive Director of the group, Dr. Kwadwo Amponsah Darkwah speaking to Citi News<\/strong> said he believes the private health organization will do a better job.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat do you need to screen? Nothing much! These special Ebola dress that they\u2019ve brought, I don\u2019t know how they have distributed them, ten thousand, we don\u2019t know where they are sitting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He said the inability of government so supply all the equipment needed to deal with the Ebola, means it must\u00a0 \u201coutsource it to the private organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are here with the international community who are ready to help, to provide resources, to provide funds for training extra hands. We don\u2019t 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,\u201d he indicated.<\/p>\n So far the disease has killed about 4,500 persons in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.<\/p>\n Meanwhile,\u00a0about 40\u00a0reported Ebola cases in Ghana have all proved negative<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Oxford University in United Kingdom has predicted that Ghana as well as other 14 African countries in Africa risk recording Ebola<\/a><\/strong><\/span> because of their geographic location.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/cititfmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n