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Ghana - Call for National Ambulance Service


Procedure

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Apply In-Person:

  1. To Call for National Ambulance Service is available in the Ghana National Ambulance Service link
  2. The applicant has to make sure he or she has all the required documents that are required for this process to be successful and they can be found under the "Required Documents" section of this page.
  3. A fee for this procedure is Free of charge.
  4. Emergency numbers in Ghana and many parts of the world, usually take the form of 3-digit codes that can be easily memorized. Even though, some emergency contacts exceed 3 digits.
  5. There are 3 main departments that attend to emergency calls in Ghana. They are the fire service, police serviced and the ambulance service.
  6. Before the introduction of the universal emergency hotline 112, all these departments went with unique numbers.
  7. With the launch of 112, prez akufo addo has merged (standardized) the telephone contact of Ghana’s emergency service.
  8. Ghana is far from being the only country that has emergency services for its citizens.
  9. Do not hesitate to call on the services of the NAS by dialling 112 anytime you need an ambulance.
  10. The processing time for this procedure takes a few minutes.





Required Documents

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Submit this proof to the hospital when the patient is admitted to the hospital: (Only if asked at the hospital)

  • Proof of identity of the applicant and patient (Ghanaian card/ driving license/ passport/etc.)
  • Medical reports






Office Locations & Contacts

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Address & Contacts:
National Ambuluance Service P.O.Box M 423
Atta Mill High Street
Adjacent National Lottries Head Office
GRW2+WG Accra, Ghana
Tel: +233501614877/ +233302787301
Email: info@nas.gov.gh
Master Control / Master Dispatch Center
Greater Accra Control
0302-680722 / 0501-614998
0558-20`496 / 0299-375096
0299-375649 /

REGIONAL CONTROL ROOM NUMBERS
Eastern Control
0546786483/0299370307

Oti Control
0299375669/0299373126

Western North Control
0299375684

North East Control
0299375043

Savanna Control
0299375635/0299370327

Ashanti Control
0322027363/0501387828-27

Northern Control
0506016616

Western Control
0299375101/0299375180

Central Control
0332320111/0299375098029993757706 / 0501614900

Bono East Control
0299375586

Upper East Control
0299375104

Upper West Control
0299375226/05016149170559718851/0299375201

Volta Control
0299375712/0540813076

Bono Control
0501614888/05537070860299375100

Ahafo Control
0299375126/050161894

Contact link
Location link



Eligibility

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  • Emergency case only.




Fees

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  • A fee for this procedure is Free of charge.




Validity

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Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever




Documents to Use

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Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links





Sample Documents

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Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.




Processing Time

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  • The processing time for this procedure takes a few minutes.




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Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.





Instructions

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Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
E.g. the state office holds birth records since January 1908.



Required Information

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  • Name of the patient
  • Exact address of the patient
  • Location address of the patient
  • House number/Street name/city/country
  • Name of the applicant
  • Contact number of the applicant





Need for the Document

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  • To provide pre-hospital emergency care to accident victims (Road traffic, Domestic, Industrial, Medical etc.)
  • To transport accident victims from the scene of an incident to an appropriate health facility
  • To provide stand by emergency cover at mass public meetings and to liaise with other emergency services in time of disaster or mass casualty incidents.
  • To assist in the formulation and implementation of programmes for first respondents.
  • To identify, recruit and train cadres for the service.
  • To assist in establishment and operation of makeshift hospitals during mass casualty situations.




Information which might help

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  • The National Ambulance Service (NAS) was established in the year 2004 as an agency of the Ministry of Health and a product of collaboration between the Ministry of Health and the Ghana National Fire Service of the Ministry of Interior.




Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.





External Links

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Others

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More information which might help people.





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