Oppong Nkrumah raises concerns over growing challenges in health sector

"This is the committee where we work with the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) and the ministries to set a target for OPD response time, for example, in the area of health, so that now we can measure it year on year, whether it's getting better or it's getting worse."Ranking Member on Parliament's Economy and Development Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has raised concerns over worsening health sector indicators, citing rising neonatal mortality and delays in ambulance response times.

Mr Oppong Nkrumah also pointed to worsening ambulance response times, attributing part of the problem to the absence of a dedicated budget for operating the National Ambulance Service.