The Country Director of the Korea Foundation for International Health (KOFIH), Ghana Office, Bomin Yang, has urged biomedical engineers to apply the skills and knowledge they acquire through training to strengthen their hospitals and ensure patients receive high-quality healthcare.
He made this statement during the closing ceremony of the 2024 local training programme for Ghanaian Biomedical Engineering Professionals, organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH).
Addressing participants, Yang emphasised the importance of biomedical engineers in the health system.
He highlighted the role of training in enhancing the healthcare systems, stressing, "Human resources in the health system are vital, and I hope the biomedical engineers will use the knowledge and experience acquired to support their hospitals for patients to receive high-quality services." The 10-day training programme, which started on October 7, 2024, and ended on October 15, 2024, brought together 40 participants from health facilities across the country, including the Ministry of Health.