Health institutions get vehicles

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27-11-08

THE Ministry of Health has presented 25 double cabin pickups valued at $570,000 to health training institutions in the country.
Some of the institutions that benefited from the package include the Sefwi Wiawso Health Assistants Training School, Keta Health Training School, Bolgatanga Health Assistants Training School and the Yendi Health Assistants Training School.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Minister of Health, Major (retd) Courage Quashigah, charged the institutions to adhere to a good maintenance culture to ensure that the vehicles lasted long.
Once the vehicles were maintained, he said, the training of health personnel would be enhanced as the vehicles would help facilitate their training.
He said the ministry was also in the process of securing library books for the institutions to ensure effective teaching and learning.
The Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Health Training Institutions (COHHETI), Mr James Yambor, assured the minister that the vehicles would be used for their intended purpose.
The Managing Director of CFAO Ghana Limited, Mr Thomas Peletier, through whose company the vehicles were secured, pledged his company’s continued support for the ministry.
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Elias Sory, underscored the need to motivate teachers of health training institutions.