The administration of the Emergency Medical Technologists Association of Ghana (EMTAG) under the umbrella of the National Ambulance Service (NAS), has raised significant issues influencing a portion of its individuals in the release of their functional obligations.
As indicated by them, the existences of their individuals have been on a genuine danger radiating from unremitting assaults either by furnished burglars or some segment of people in general.
This, they said has placed their relatives in a condition of dread and hopelessness.
In a press statement given on Monday, May 16, they said "Upon our brief and opportune consideration, our individuals have been under widespread assaults as of late with the ongoing one being an assault on the Zebilla Ambulance Station team who were shipping a patient from Bawku to Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) on the 12 of May 2022.
"This episode prompted the maltreatment, attack and actual attack on the team who were ready the Ambulance given care to the patient. They are as of now getting treatment. As an Association we wish to denounce this demonstration and approach the Ghana Police Service as an issue of criticalness research this matter and carry the culprits to book.
"In a portion of this goes after our individuals are exposed to shootings, beatings, crowd activities, verbal and actual maltreatment and the most crushing one was the point at which one of our individuals from the Somanya Ambulance Station was killed by equipped looters in last year January fourth. May his spirit find happiness in the hereafter.
"We have recorded a ton of public and outfitted burglary assaults on our individuals at different areas of the country which has been an extraordinary cause of stress for our individuals. Among them are framed as follows:
1. Nadowli Ambulance Station burglary assault
2. Yeji/Prang Ambulance Station theft assault
3. Chereponi Ambulance Station burglary assault
4. Tamale North Ambulance Station theft assault
5. Dambai Ambulance Station theft assault
6. Somanya Ambulance Station theft assault
7. Mampong Ambulance Station burglary assault
8. Donkokrom Ambulance Station burglary assault
9. Tumu Ambulance Station theft assault
10. Funsi Ambulance Station theft assault
11. Mamponteng Ambulance Station theft assault
12. EMTs held prisoner in Greater Accra in a private home
13. Horde assault on the Zebilla Ambulance Station group. Just to specify a couple
"Grant us to utilize this medium to pose the accompanying relevant however powerful inquiries. What the heck are these furnished looters searching for with an Ambulance? It's ridiculous to feel that somebody could decide to intentionally focus on a crisis vehicle besides an Ambulance which is answering a patient need simply for the sake of burglary.
"We wish to state determinedly that despite this multitude of difficulties and hazards looked by our individuals in the release of their obligations and working in profoundly uncontrolled climate and exposed to every possible kind of dangers of getting sicknesses in the patient compartment of the emergency vehicle, there is no type of chance remittance for us combined with unfortunate working circumstances. Endeavours made by the Management of National Ambulance Service, the Association and the Health Services Workers Union (HSWU) to get these issues settled have not seen the illumination of the day due to the ceaseless hauling of government's feet and its representatives.
"We are subsequently by this Press Conference approaching the public authority to speed up activities on the accompanying issues postponed before it by the Management of the Service, the Association and the Union: Realignment of EMTs compensation with our partners in the wellbeing area as indicated by the single spine pay strategy; Provide assets to the Service for the smooth execution of the states of administration for EMTs which was endorsed in last year November; The endorsement of the proposed risk remittance for EMTs as presently haggled by the Union. It should be accentuated that our occupation is profoundly dangerous and the requirement for the government to focus on our supplication."
"There ought to be an approach that will guarantee a coordinated effort between the National Ambulance Service and Ghana Police Service that will target giving a police escort to Ambulances that should ship a patient in the night for a more drawn out distance to assist with controlling the furnished burglary assaults
"At long last, we need to close by expressing that the authority of the Association wishes to guarantee the overall population of our unrelenting work to serve and give care to the debilitated and harmed. They ought to see us as accomplices in their medical care and stay away from the unnecessary assaults on our individuals. We additionally need to guarantee our individuals that we will keep on drawing in partners and government to further develop the unfortunate working circumstances they are being confronted with."
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