Veep commends Ghanaian Medical volunteers on Ebola

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has commended the team of medical volunteers who were dispatched from the country to assist during the peak of the outbreak of the Ebola viral disease in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur gave the commendation yesterday when House The 42 man-team, made up of doctors and nurses and other paramedical personnel, completed a four months medical spell in the two Ebola affected countries and are back safely in Ghana. Namely Liberia and the Sierra Leone called on him at the Flagstaff.

He said as Ghanaians we are proud of them for helping to raise the Flag of Ghana high and that by the action of the team, it clearly shows that the African is capable of intervening in an in African problem, solving it, and not wait for the international Non-governmental organisations.

He said in June last years when the disease was at its peak, Ghana offered its territory as the staging post for the UN medical emergency team as well as personnel from Europe, America and Asia for providing support to the Ebola affected.

Vice president Kwesi Amissah Arthur called on the team to make it a point to share their experiences with their colleagues back home and the things that the people must do to prevent them from contracting the disease, since it would help in a long way to solve some of the problems.

He said people have praised Ghana for allowing her country to be used as the hub to assist the various international emergency teams. Adding that very few people knew that 42 health specialist had left for Liberia and Sierra Leone at a considerable risk to their own lives to help stop the Ebola from reaching Ghana.

On his part Mr Augustine Sagoe, Leader of the delegation also commended the volunteers for their dedication to work.

He said since the epidemic started, about 840 medical personnel from the affected countries were infected by the Ebola disease and 490 of them had died. But he was glad the 42 Ghanaian medical volunteers who went to Liberia and Sierra Leone were back home safely.