The Greater Accra National Ambulance Service is set to hold the maiden edition of GAEMSEA Excellence Awards, to celebrate committed Emergency Medical Technicians in the region.

The event dubbed “Celebrating the Greater Accra Emergency Medical Technicians for a successful EMS delivery” is slated for Friday, December 29, at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly Conference room.

Speaking in an interview, the organiser of the event, Principal Advance EMT Daniel Asare, said “Our main purpose is to celebrate and motivate Emergency Medical Technicians in the Greater Accra region who have worked very hard in the discharge of their duties in saving lives for the country,” he said.

He added that the award scheme would also be used to publicise their activities and solicit support to improve the service.

“We are going to use this platform to promote the activities of National Ambulance Service and also solicit for support to improve our operations,” he stated.

The Greater Accra region was among the first selected regions where the National Ambulance Service was introduced when it was established in 2004 as an agency of the Ministry of Health.

As a statutory agency, the National Ambulance Service has been charged with specific roles and responsibilities of establishing and operating a nationwide comprehensive pre-hospital emergency care.

NAS has since its inception improved from seven stations in the three regions to presence in every district of the country.