 Ghana Ministry of Health Receives Mobile Clinics for Specialist Patient Outreach ServicesOdulair, LLC provides 18 medical vehicles to improve rural healthcare as the first delivery in their Mobile Clinics for Africa Program
By: Odulair, LLC As part of the Mobile Clinics for Africa Program, Odulair worked with local businesses in Ghana to identify the specific needs and requirements for mobile clinics in the country. “Working with local businesses not only allows Odulair to provide the much needed mobile clinics, but it also stimulates the local economy because we purchase many of the components from local companies,” explained Dr. Anita Chambers, President of Odulair, LLC. “Purchasing from local dealers is not only our way of giving back to the local community, but it also allows Odulair to better serve our customers by administering local maintenance and service without requiring the clinic recipients to ship equipment back to the U.S. or Europe for maintenance. The Odulair Mobile Clinics were commissioned April 26, 2013 at the Parliament State House with over 200 politicians, diplomats, local and national dignitaries, Queen Mothers and medical professionals in attendance. Ghana’s First Lady, Lordina Mahama said the intention behind incorporating the fully equipped mobile clinics into Ghana’s healthcare delivery system was to elevate and advance the capabilities of the existing outreach program. She indicated the Odulair Mobile Health Clinics would take healthcare delivery onto the doorsteps of the people, especially those in the remotest areas of the country. Mrs. Mahama proclaimed, “What we become as a nation was dependent upon our capacity to do this.” The First Lady commended the manufacturer Odulair, LLC and the supplier Belstar Development Corporation, for the detailed planning and modeling of the specialist equipment. The Minister of Health, Ms. Sherry Ayittey continued, “Each component posses its own unique challenges and issues and it is when taking all aspects of the problem into account that the benefit of implementing mobile health care technology becomes evident.” The Minister of Health, Ms. Sherry Ayittey, communicated her satisfaction the package included fully equipped biometric medical maintenance vans. These medical vans will be utilized for the maintenance of medical facilities and equipment throughout the country to make sure that they are always in a state of readiness for use by clinicians. All healthcare vehicles and workshop vans came with a worries-free five-year warranty. Ms. Ayittey also expressed her appreciation to the U.S. government, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the Deutsche Bank of New York for the splendid outcome of their partnership with the government for the benefit of Ghanaians. Appiah Denktira, Director General of the Ghana Health Service and recipient of the mobile clinics reported, “We have over 200 districts, and ten percent of the districts are without hospitals and they are also deprived. We also have ten regions, but not all of the regions have specialist services.” The mobile clinics provided by Odulair will be used to deliver these specialist services throughout the country. Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy to Ghana, Ms. Pat Alsup, declared the United States government’s commitment to complement Ghana’s effort at improving healthcare delivery and commended the two U.S. companies for their contribution to health services in the country. Ms. Alsup asserted that Odulair is the world’s leading manufacturer of specialist outreach mobile clinics and medical vehicles for social purposes where the design incorporates the social function needing to be accomplished. Mr. Charles Mensah, General Manager of Belstar Development Corporation the company that selected Odulair to provide these important mobile clinics, pointed out how mobile clinics are the most effective choice for treating people regardless of how far away they might be. “Americans and Ghanaians can accomplish a lot in any area of interaction if they bring their well-developed talents to the table,” announced Gene A. Cretz, U.S. Ambassador to Ghana. Ambassador Cretz observed that the lessons that come as a result of raw, honest exchanged of talent are “inspirational moments” to be treasured, and he expressed the hope that the same spirit could be applied to diplomacy, educational exchanges, and the conduct of business between the U.S. and Ghana on a daily basis. “We see it when American businesses like Belstar Development Corporation and Odulair, LLC specially equip mobile health clinics to try to improve access to basic care for thousands of Ghanaians, based on identified needs,” Cretz proclaimed. About Odulair Odulair, LLC is a Wyoming company founded by a medical professional in 2008 to assist governments, NGOs, and private medical providers with advanced technology mobile clinics for the delivery of healthcare in over 40 medical specialties. Odulair Mobile Clinics range from highly mobile 4x4 based clinics from 30 – 40 feet in length to triple expandable oversized semi-trailers providing Mobile Dialysis Clinics, Mobile Surgery Units, Mobile Trauma Units, Mobile Urgent Care Units, and more. Odulair mobile medical units are built to serve patient populations as independent operating vehicles or vehicles incorporated within an existing facility. Our units have been used for hospital and surgery center renovation, capacity correction, emergency response, healthcare services within correctional facilities, humanitarian healthcare delivery, community outreach, rural healthcare, and more. About the Odulair Mobile Clinics for Africa Program Odulair founder and Fielding Graduate University Institute for Social Innovation Fellow Dr. Anita Chambers initiated the Mobile Clinics for Africa Program in 2012 in an effort to provide high quality, country specific custom mobile clinics to emerging nations at an affordable cost. The Mobile Clinics for Africa Program creates collaboration between local African businesses and Odulair as the local businesses provide components for incorporation into the mobile clinics, which are then utilized to deliver healthcare within the country. This unique model of collaboration for the development of medical vehicles was developed by Dr. Chambers in an effort to stimulate both the economy of the recipient African country as well as small businesses in the United States. Additional information is available at www.odulair.com Media Contact: Anaísa Pié Odulair, LLC +1 307-459-1350 apie@odulair.com (mailto:achambers@ End
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