{"id":1021614,"date":"2022-03-14T19:16:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T19:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/14\/the-time-to-act-is-now\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T19:16:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T19:16:45","slug":"the-time-to-act-is-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/14\/the-time-to-act-is-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The time to act is now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-16-at-12.05.24-AM_1200x1200-696x696.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"GAMLS\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) is with immediate effect demanding a Governing Board for the National Blood Service.<\/p>\n<p>The board, according to GAMLS, will give life to the National Blood Service Act, 2020 (ACT 1042).<\/p>\n<p>A statement, signed by the Public Relations Officer, Dr Dennis Adu-Gyasi, said the demand was on the back of a\u00a0<strong>JoyNews<\/strong>\u2019 and Corruption Watch\u2019s investigation that uncovered the\u00a0illegal collection of fees for blood supply\u00a0by a syndicate operating within the National Blood Service at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital and the Greater Accra Regional Blood Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The expos\u00e9, the statement noted, informed consultations with members nationwide on matters relating to blood transfusion services and whether things have improved after the birth of Act 1042.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlood transfusion services previously operated with a policy in Ghana. The service was riddled with challenges that made it difficult for patients to obtain blood whenever it was needed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cParliament thought it wise to make a law to give blood transfusion services affordable, safe and available. Snippets of complaints from the various hospitals being corroborated in the expos\u00e9 indicated that till the law starts biting, all efforts to curb the menace associated with blood transfusion services will not be fruitful,\u201d GAMLS bemoaned. <\/p>\n<p>The association has, therefore, charged the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, to as  a matter of urgency, finalise processes to set up and commission the board. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSafe blood in our hospitals cannot be gambled anymore. The time to act is now. Voluntary blood donation is the answer and GAMLS urges the public to keep helping. Blood is not sold,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full statement below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large td-caption-align-https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-03-14-at-2.43.27-AM.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-03-14-at-2.43.27-AM-791x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2090929\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"wzMtZ9F88O8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Did you know the kidney is an important organ in the body? - Nkwa Hia on Adom TV\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wzMtZ9F88O8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) is with immediate effect demanding a Governing Board for the National Blood Service. The board, according to GAMLS, will give life to the National Blood Service Act, 2020 (ACT 1042). A statement, signed by the Public Relations Officer, Dr Dennis Adu-Gyasi, said the demand was on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":993689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[549],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1021614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1021614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1021614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1021614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}