Report By Sabastin Sekyi
Member of Parliament (MP) for Anyaa Sowutuom Constituency, Dr Dickson Adomako Kissi has admonished the unemployed Physicians Assistants to find other avenues to engage policymakers to seek solution to their problems rather than to demonstrate and picketing.
He therefore asked unemployed Physicians Assistants to exercise patience as government goes through the necessary processes to have them employed.
He spoke to this reporter at the Physicians Assistant Students Association of Ghana annual delegates Congress held at Pentecost University in Accra.
The Lawmaker of Anyaa Sowutuom poised to advocate to seek financial clearance for unemployed Physicians Assistants in the country. He is confident that this is a sure way to elevate and curve the unemployment crisis in Ghana especially the health sector.
Dr. Appiah Denkyira, Head of Department PASAG, Pentecost University urged government to upgrade a lot of chips compound to Health centres to help employ more Physicians Assistants who have completed their studies and are still at home for past 5 years.
He is of the view that employing more Physicians Assistant will help reduce Hypertension and stroke diseases which causes a lot problem for Ghanaians because Physicians Assistant who are the first point of contact for any patients are trained to do so.
Prince Owusu Mensah, National President of the Physicians Assistant Students Association of Ghana, said the association contribute a lot to the universal health coverage, because every health facility across the country especially in the rural areas you will find a physician assistant.
He therefore pleaded with government to do anything possible to help the Physicians Assistant Students who has spent four year in school to be employed and render their services to Ghanaians same as other health professionals.
On his part, the national president Physician Assistant students Association of Ghana made a pressing demand for the immediate posting of over 1,000 qualified physician assistants who have been waiting without employment for six years after training in various health institutions.
He respond to the ongoing issue of delayed financial clearances that have kept these qualified physician assistants on the sidelines, unable to put their skills and knowledge to use.
To him, delay in posting these professionals is a concerning matter, given the critical need for healthcare workers. He therefore called on government to do his possible best to employee them.