The Health Ministry has revealed that Insurance Companies in the country are reluctant to insure the Central Medical Stores (CMS).
Ghana lost over $100 million worth of drugs and medical equipment when fire destroyed the Central Medical Store located at Tema in January 2015.
A committee set up by the previous government established that arson was the cause of the fire. 12 officials of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) were indicted in connection with the incident.
A labourer at the facility, Samuel Dogbe was named as the suspected arsonist allegedly paid to set the fire in the store which was not insured.
The government has since secured a temporary centre to store drugs and medical equipment but the centre has also not been insured as insurers fear a huge bill in case another fire destroys the current centre.
Addressing the Journalists during a Meet the Press in Accra Thursday, Chief Director at the Ministry of Health, Dr Afisah Zakariah stated that insurance companies are not showing interest in insuring the temporary centre.
“The current one is not insured and the one we are using is being rented,” Dr. Zakariah said Thursday adding “Insurance companies are feeling reluctant to insure it.”
She added that the government is currently making plans to acquire a permanent medical centre.
Source: Ghana/Starrfmonline.com/103.5FM