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Health professionals to be evaluated
Ho, Jan. 18, GNA - Dr John Elizah, Ho Municipal Director of
the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has said Medical Officers
and other health professionals in the country would soon
have to pass a re-evaluation to continue practicing.
He said the policy, already in practice in advanced
countries would ensure that only technically and ethically
proficient professionals remained in practice to maintain
standards.
Dr Elizah was addressing the first review meeting of
stakeholders of the Ho Municipal Mutual Health Insurance
Scheme (HMMHIS) in Ho on Tuesday.
He said the policy would weed out health professionals who
were stale or compromised ethical standards.
Dr Elizah said the public must be educated on structures of
the health delivery institutions, such as health centers,
clinics polyclinics, district hospitals, regional hospitals
and the teaching hospitals.
He said each level had its competencies and must not be
bogged down with cases that could be treated at other
levels, noting that, some bearers of health insurance cards
were in the habit of reporting at tertiary regional
hospitals with simple cases that could be treated at lower
levels.
Dr Elizah said the best thing for the sick to do was to
report at their local clinics to be referred to higher
levels of health delivery when necessary.
Mr. Prosper Pi-Bansah, Scheme Manager said the unjustifiable
frequency some workers with health insurance cards visited
hospitals not only threatened the scheme but also lowered
productivity.
Mr. Mawuko Tsigbe, Public Relations Officer, said ignorance
of the benefits of the scheme remained a challenge
confronting the NHIS.
GNA
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