The Head of Dispatch of the Ghana National Ambulance Service for Greater Accra Region, Joyce Avadzinu, has disclosed that only 42 ambulances are currently available to serve the entire Greater Accra area, placing immense pressure on emergency services and delaying responses for non-critical cases.
She said that the shortage of ambulances is forcing dispatchers to ration emergency responses and prioritise only the most life-threatening cases.
In a citinewsroom.com report on June 6, 2025, it said Avadzinu explained that the limited fleet size often means that many ambulances are already attending to cases when new calls come in, leaving dispatchers with little choice but to delay less urgent responses. "We are managing because with the 42 ambulances, most of them will be on cases at the time a request comes.
So, if the case is an inter-hospital referral and the patient can wait, we will make them wait," she said.
