It stated that it was critical to consider the finances scheme of medical laboratories practice as it was fast becoming a forgotten area. The statement was contained in a solidarity message that was delivered by the Upper West Regional President for The Ghana Medical Association Dr. Richard Wooda Seme at the Annual National Delegates Congress of the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists and the Second Health Laboratory Summit at the Royal Cozy Hill Hotel popularly called ‘Jirapa Dubai’ at Jirapa in the upper west region.
The statement indicated For instance that because most hospital facilities were enrolled into the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIS, laboratory services are bundled in the Out Patients Department OPD tariff.
“Unlike pharmaceutical services which are itemized so for health managers if you invest in laboratory services, it becomes difficult to say that this is the returns I’m getting from laboratory services.
Let’s say if you invest a thousand Ghana cedis (GHC 1000) into medicine, at worst you will recover that thousand Ghana cedis” he lamented. He said that the above was not the same situation for the laboratory medicine in Ghana.
He therefore challenged congress to engender a holistic conversation over the laboratory medicine.
Dr. Wood averted that medical services were essential hence it should not be coupled with other services.
He recommended that revenues that were accrued from medical laboratories can be used to recycle the activities of medical laboratories.
The 2019 congress was themed, Ghana’s health policy framework and the practice of medical laboratory science in the 21stcentury.
The Upper West Regional President for the Ghana Medical Association on a lighter note stated that when it came to the medical policy, the GMA was a suspect until proven otherwise. He however assured that they were in the business together with GAMLS.
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