Page 34, Dec 19, 2007
Story: E Adu-Gyamerah.
Preliminary results of a comprehensive staff census by the Ministry of Health has indicated that nearly 6,000 names are yet to be accounted for, the sector Minister, Major Courage Quashigah (retd), has disclosed.
He said the figure was undergoing revalidation and that when completed, those who could not be accounted for would have their names taken off the payroll.
Major Quashigah said this when he moved a motion on the floor of the House for the approval of the 2008 budget estimates for the health sector.
The House approved GH¢516,803,855.00 million for the ministry’s operations.
Major Quashigah said Ghana was on course to addressing the human resource crisis which resulted from the brain drain.
He disclosed that for the past five years the ministry had been implementing multiple strategies, including expanding training institutions, enhancing the salaries of health professionals and advocating an ethical approach to international recruitment of health staff.
Major Quashigah said seven new health assistant training institutions were added to the existing ones to increase overall intake from 444 to 1,020.
He added that in 2007, over 176 health infrastructure, including 50 health centres and 22 district hospitals throughout the country, were completed.
On the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the minister informed the House that currently 143 schemes were in operation, adding that five more would be operational by the end of the year.
Major Quashigah said in 2007, total registration of the NHIS grew nationally from 8,633,736 to 11,293,00.
He added that a $15 million facility had been secured from the World Bank to install ICT facilities to improve the efficient running of the scheme.
The House also approved GH¢1,264,902,043 for the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports and GH¢9,836,133.00 for the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture.
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