Field Operations
This unit handles all operational activities across the country involving Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Ambulance stations. There are one hundred and thirty Ambulance Stations nationwide.
This unit handles all operational activities across the country involving Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Ambulance stations. There are one hundred and thirty Ambulance Stations nationwide.
Conclusion: The steady growth of the NAS is evidence of the need for Emergency Medical Services and the effects of sound planning and timely responses to changes in program indicators.
Ghana National Ambulance Services, is a Ambulance Services healthcare organisation, in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
It has expanded its geographical service area from seven ambulance stations distributed among three regions in 2004, to 100 ambulance stations distributed over all ten regions of the country as of
The National Ambulance Service (NAS) is overseen by the Ministry of Health, with support from the National Fire Service (Ministry of the Interior) which provides facility space for many of NAS''
It started with two dispatch centers (one in each of the two biggest cities: Accra and Kumasi), seven ambulance stations, nine ambulances, and 69 emergency medical technicians (EMTs).
On average, the regional director said the region attends to over 750 cases per month, and has responded to nearly 9,030 emergencies so far in 2024 with an average regional response time of
From covering three cities in 2004, NAS now has at least one station in each of Ghana''s 261 districts. From transporting 205 patients in 2004, NAS transported 38,393 patients in 2022.
As a statutory agency, NAS has been charged with specific roles and responsibilities of establishing and operating a nationwide comprehensive pre-hospital emergency care. NAS has since its inception
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