GABMLS seeks Otumfuo's intervention for the passage of LI

Kumasi, Nov. 10, GNA - The Ghana Association of Bio-medical Laboratory Services (GADMLS), has called on Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, to support the passage of a Legislative Instrument (LI), seeking to regulate activities of medical laboratories in Ghana.

The GADMLS said it has exhausted all avenues to ensure that the LI was passed but to no avail and said it was sure that the Asantehene, who has contributed to the development of health in the country, would work towards the passage of the LI.

Mr Thomas Gyampomah, Ashanti Regional Chairman of GADMLS, made the call when he led a delegation of GABMLS to pay a courtesy call on Otumfuo Osei Tutu at the Manhyia Palace on Wednesday.

Mr Gyampomah said: " in spite of the critical role of laboratory services in health care, there is no law and for that matter, no regulatory body in Ghana to supervise the activities of laboratory services".

This, he said, has led to the proliferation of quack and fake laboratories, which are producing deficient laboratory results, resulting in wrong diagnoses and mistreatment of patients. Mr Gyampomah alleged that some people died as a result of deficiencies and wrong laboratory reports.

He said "it is time pressure was mounted on the government to do the proper thing to ensure that medical laboratory practice was done professionally."

Mr Gyampomah said the association would lead a national effort to promote best laboratory services.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu commended the association for recognizing his contribution to the development of health in the country.