Health News of Friday, 3 January 2020Source: ghananewsagency.orgMedical Association wants banning of Okada to reduce rampant casualtiesDr Frederick Kwarteng, Head of the Accident, Emergency and Orthopaedic Department, KBTHTo reduce the rate of accidents and casualties caused by Commercial motor riders, popularly called “Okada riders”, the Ghana Medical Association has called for a total ban of their operations. He said it had become necessary as the number of road traffic accidents caused by Okada men kept becoming rampant, and got worse during the Christmas festive season. From December 21, 2019 to January 1, 2020, the Department admitted 79 vehicle accident victims, 58 motorcycle accident victims and one bicycle accident victim. On January 2, 2020 as at the 1300 hours, the Department had admitted one vehicle accident victim and four motorcycle accident victims. Dr Boateng said from December 22 to 23, 2019, 30 road traffic accident cases were recorded out of which 20 were serious Okada related cases.

Source: GhanaWeb January 03, 2020 01:52 UTC