Ghana needs approximately 48,000 medical doctors to
have a ratio of 1 doctor to 500 patients to deliver a satisfactory health
care service to patients.
Ghana currently has 2,700 medical doctors which leaves the country's doctor to patient ratio of 1 to 10,000.
"It is a fact that we need 48,567 doctors to have a ratio of 1 doctor to 500 patients,” Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, disclosed at a ceremony in Accra.
Speaking under the topic; 'Improving Quality of Healthcare Delivery and Patient Safety in Ghana,', Prof.Frimpong-Boateng said: “System failure is responsible for the country's poor healthcare delivery."
He explained that the country's is technologically challenged which would have a resultant effect on the nation’s healthcare system.
The formal Chief Executive Officer of the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital explained that quality data gathering, error in documentation in hospitals among others, are part of factors militating against quality health delivery.
“There is no tertiary referral hospital in Ghana. We have no facility that is adequately resourced in terms of infrastructure, equipment and manpower that can tackle almost all medical problems.’’
The health forum which was convened by Dr. Joseph Boateng, a Physician Specialist, with participants drawn from public and private sector medical practitioners , academia, among others.
The event was also graced by the Minister of Health; Sherry Ayitey, Prof Agyeman Badu Akosa, a Pathology, and Dr. Eli Atikpui, Registrar at the Medical and Dental Council of Ghana.
Ghana currently has 2,700 medical doctors which leaves the country's doctor to patient ratio of 1 to 10,000.
"It is a fact that we need 48,567 doctors to have a ratio of 1 doctor to 500 patients,” Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, disclosed at a ceremony in Accra.
Speaking under the topic; 'Improving Quality of Healthcare Delivery and Patient Safety in Ghana,', Prof.Frimpong-Boateng said: “System failure is responsible for the country's poor healthcare delivery."
He explained that the country's is technologically challenged which would have a resultant effect on the nation’s healthcare system.
The formal Chief Executive Officer of the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital explained that quality data gathering, error in documentation in hospitals among others, are part of factors militating against quality health delivery.
“There is no tertiary referral hospital in Ghana. We have no facility that is adequately resourced in terms of infrastructure, equipment and manpower that can tackle almost all medical problems.’’
The health forum which was convened by Dr. Joseph Boateng, a Physician Specialist, with participants drawn from public and private sector medical practitioners , academia, among others.
The event was also graced by the Minister of Health; Sherry Ayitey, Prof Agyeman Badu Akosa, a Pathology, and Dr. Eli Atikpui, Registrar at the Medical and Dental Council of Ghana.
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