{"id":2398,"date":"2020-10-20T23:37:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T23:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2020-10-20T23:37:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T23:37:37","slug":"gamls-and-moh-sexual-position-to-attain-orgasm-and-make-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/20\/gamls-and-moh-sexual-position-to-attain-orgasm-and-make-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"GAMLS and MoH: sexual position to attain orgasm and make babies?"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the just ended\u00a0 Annual National Congress of the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists, the then President of the Professional Body, in telling the story of how far the group has come used the analogy of sexual position assumed by couples to describe why GAMLS employ some measures in seeking the well-being of Ghanaians. That the MoH should not see GAMLS as a militant group but rather know that some “sexual positions in certain times are required by all partners for the good of making babies”. One will not be far from right to add that orgasm is a collateral benefit in seeking to make babies.<\/p>\n

In the speech delivered by the President which is seen as one of the best delivered in recent times by a President of GAMLS, the challenges and achievements were well outlined to congress in the presence of the Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Bernard Oko Boye, and other dignitaries.<\/p>\n

Read on as captured below;<\/p>\n

\n

SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE <\/strong>PRESIDENT OF THE GHANA ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTISTS (GAMLS), MLS DR IGNATIUS A. N AWINIBUNO<\/strong> DURING THE 20<\/strong>20<\/strong> ANNUAL NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE GHANA ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTISTS HELD AT THE <\/strong>AKROMA PLAZA HOTEL, TAKORADI\u00a0 <\/strong>FROM TUESDAY, 13TH<\/sup>– THURSDAY 17<\/strong>H<\/sup><\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>OCTOBER, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

S<\/em><\/strong>ALUTATION<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our Royal Chairman of Congress Nana Kobina\u00a0 Nketsia V, Paramount Chief of Essikado Traditional Area Special Guest of Honour and Western Regional Minister, Hon. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, Regional Directors of Health, Metro Director of Health, President of WAPCMLS and Registrar of Ghana Chapter, and \u00a0Deans and Head of Departments of Faculties of Medical Laboratories Sciences, Lecturers of Faculties of Medical Laboratory Sciences and other Faculties here present, Registrars of Regulatory Agencies, our Sister Professional\u00a0 Bodies and Unions, APBM-TOGO, GAMLS Council of Elders, Regional and National Committee members, Cherished Sponsors and Exhibitors, Lecturers of Faculties of Medical Laboratory Sciences and other Faculties here present, \u00a0Media representatives present, Distinguished Invited Guests\u200b & Dignitaries, Ladies\u200b and \u200bGentleman,<\/p>\n

I greet you and welcome you on behalf of the National Executive Council (NEC) of GAMLS to its 2020 Annual National and Electoral Congress scheduled for Tuesday 13th<\/sup> to 17th<\/sup> October 2020. The Annual National Congress is a requirement of GAMLS\u2019 constitution which serves as the highest decision-making body of the great profession body of medical laboratory science in Ghana. It is a forum where we deliberate on issues of national health importance affecting our citizens. It is organised to give expression to the existence of GAMLS as a scientific institution. The resolutions made during this congress will guide leadership into the future.<\/p>\n

OUR THEME<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The theme for this 2020 Annual National Congress “ Building a Self- Reliant Healthcare Industry: Lessons from COVID 19 Era”<\/em><\/strong> is most appropriate considering the fact that it is being observed in a season of COVID-19. It is a clarion call to our nation to give greater attention to health care delivery as a crucial backbone to the development of our national economy. It is a time to appraise ourselves with the state of readiness for future pandemics.<\/p>\n

Nana Chairman, permit me to commend the leadership of the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) for the depth of reflection that went into choosing the theme. We do not need to wait to be taken by surprise by another pandemic before planning. Failing to plan is planning to fail.<\/p>\n

Mr. Chairman, there is no gainsaying that COVID-19 has taught us the following very important lessons.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. not to always depend only on institutions outside this country or imports for our national developmental agenda. These countries are also vulnerable<\/li>\n
  2. that charity begins at home nations will always satisfy their own needs before considering to give others external assistance. In fact this under pines the foreign policy of all nations and must apply to Ghana. Ghana first!<\/li>\n
  3. Countries are most likely to give only the surplus of their resources. This was affected by this very maxim in the heat of the pandemic, we were left at the mercy of other countries. Ventilators, diagnostic kits, PPEs, etc. were unavailable in the international world<\/li>\n
  4. to localize our thinking and action as we also seek to influence the world through globalization.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Nana Chairman, due largely to divine orchestration, natural factors, and to some extent a couple of timely national healthcare interventions we were spared of the high mortality and morbidity rates of Covid-19 compared to other well-endowed economies across the globe. Nana Chairman other future pandemics may not treat us kindly and natural defenses conspired in our favour may not be on our side next time if timely preparation is not done NOW.<\/p>\n

    Let me on behalf of GAMLS commend the Ministry of Health and government for some of the innovative decisions to stimulate the local capacity of our Pharmaceutical, textiles, and antiseptic industries among others in order to produce medicines, Personal Protective Equipment, disinfectants, and fabricate hand-washing equipment.\u00a0 This initiative must be consciously and aggressively scaled-up to embrace other sub-sectors in the health care industry particularly the health laboratory industry among others which has the potential to create an industrial boom and further assure better health care security.<\/p>\n

    Covid-19 has therefore provided us with a natural simulation or rehearsal of future reality with the benefit of hindsight experience. Globalization presents us with opportunities for scientific and technological advancement and has enabled equal access to knowledge and partnership, however, we must act locally in our national interest first. This philosophy or thinking must drive the acceleration of Ghana’s development agenda as we operate in a global community.<\/p>\n

    GAMLS draws attention to the nation to the need to seriously embrace Self-Reliance with the health care industry as our priority considering the devastating impact of a health crisis on all other sectors of national life and its role as a powerful determinant of economic growth and poverty reduction.<\/p>\n

    Nana Chairman, the need therefore to implement urgent health care reforms in order to accelerate our efforts at achieving Self-Reliance more than ever an imperative. This requires the injection of more investment into more human capital development, building adequate healthcare infrastructure\/facilities, research, expansion of local manufacturing capacity medical equipment and commodities, and the adoption of responsive policies and regulations that address our local needs and meet global standards.<\/p>\n

    GAMLS calls on President and the government to increase the healthcare expenditure as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to at least 10 % which is still below WHO recommended targets of 15% in order to ensure sustainable healthcare.<\/p>\n

    SELF-RELIANCE IN GHANA\u2019S MEDICAL LABORATORY INDUSTRY<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    NANA Chairman, as a professional body we wish to submit to the government that the\u00a0 fundamental inputs which will propel Ghana to attaining Self-Reliance in our health care and medical laboratory industry are<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. the establishment of the Medical Laboratory Science Council and<\/li>\n
    2. the implementation of national laboratory policy documents<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Medical laboratory services are recognized as a major components of the delivery of quality health services as they are required to provide evidence-based information for patient management and public health interventions. For these services to play their role effectively they need to be well organized, managed, and coordinated at all levels within Ghana.\u00a0 These challenges require a more targeted and robust regulatory and policy regime for regular monitoring and enforcement of regulatory compliance.<\/p>\n

      The establishment of the Medical Laboratory Science Council will directly ensure quality, standardization, efficient diagnostic systems for patient care and safety as well as the comprehensive well-being of the citizenry.<\/p>\n

      Currently, there are five (5) healthcare practitioners\u2019 regulatory councils of which one has been overwhelmed with eighteen (18) professions making it completely ineffective. There is thus the need to create the Medical Laboratory Science Council<\/strong>, which is the most populous and complex to manage group within the AHPC so that better attention could be given to the development of the others. The establishment of the Medical Laboratory Science Council will ensure quality, standardization, efficient diagnostic systems for patient safety, and the comprehensive well-being of the citizenry.<\/p>\n

      In addition, the Medical Laboratory Science Council will facilitate the socio-economic development of the medical laboratory science industry in particular, Ghana\u2019s health sector and the nation as a whole, as well as the West African sub-region. A well-established and effectively regulated environment will attract investments into several sectors of the medical laboratory industry and other sectors of the country such as:<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Further bolster Ghana\u2019s Healthcare System by assuring a responsive diagnostic service in maternal and child health.<\/li>\n
      2. Catalyze Ghana\u2019s Fiscal and Economic sector growth with tens of 1,000s of direct and indirect Job Created (industrial boom). The need to create a self-reliant national economy is more urgent than now than ever in Covid -19 era.<\/li>\n
      3. Environment, Water, and Sanitation sector by ensuring timely forensic, water, and food screen testing amongst others.<\/li>\n
      4. International Partnerships can serve as an effective vehicle for exporting excess of skilled Medical Laboratory Science Professionals from institutions that are well regulated to train highly Medical Laboratory Scientists in high volumes for the international market. This is healthy for ensuring an enviable foreign policy.<\/li>\n
      5. Developing dynamic industry-related institutions can be facilitated by the Medical Laboratory Science Council, such as:\n