The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has noted that there are 252 vacancies in the health sector for newly qualified medical doctors.

These are doctors who were recently granted financial clearance and opted to work with the GHS through the Ministry of Health Posting Portal.

They are to visit the regions across the countries and submit their documents i.e. MDC Permanent Registration and Medical School Certificates for placement by the close of work on Friday 9th June, 2023.

Newly qualified medical doctors are by this communiqué informed of available vacancies in the regions. Kindly submit documents to region of choice by Friday, 9th June 2023. pic.twitter.com/n8lcjDuLK6— Ghana Health Service (@_GHSofficial) May 17, 2023

The regions have slots for a total of 236 medical officers and 16 dentists.

Ten medical officers are needed in the Ahafo Region, whereas 20 are needed in the Ashanti Region. In the Bono Region, 15 medical officers and a dentist are needed.

The Bono East Region has 10 slots for medical officers and two for Dentists.

The Central Region has space for 15 medical officers while the Eastern Region has room for 20 medical officers and two dentists.

The Greater Accra Region has slots for 15 medical officers; North East wants 10 medical officers and a dentist; Northern Region needs 20 medical officers and two dentists while the Oti Region requires the assurance of 13 medical officers.

The remaining regions are as follows: Savannah (10 medical officers, 2 dentists), Upper East (15 medical officers, 1 dentist), Upper West (15 medical officers, 2 dentists), Volta (15 medical officers, 1 dentist), Western (20 medical officers, 2 dentists) and Western North (13 medical officers).

On February Saturday, 18 February 2023, a total of 120 graduates of Medicine and Dentistry after completing the prescribed and approved academic and practical training in the form of Housemanship were inducted.

All inductees wrote and passed the Licensure Examinations conducted by the Medical and Dental Council, Ghana (MDC Ghana).

They are from various accredited training institutions including the University of Ghana (UG), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), the University of Cape Coast (UCC), the University for Development Studies (UDS), Accra College of Medicine (ACM), as well as other foreign-trained doctors who sat and passed the Council’s professional qualifying examinations.

In October 2022, the Medical and Dental Council (MDC) last Saturday inducted 461 newly qualified medical and dental practitioners into its fold.

One major issue confronting the Medical and Dental Council is the huge number of medical professionals, especially medical doctors, leaving the country to seek opportunities abroad.

A 2021 report from the House of Commons in the United Kingdom revealed that there are more health professionals of Ghanaian origin working for the National Health Service (NHS-UK) than in Ghana.

According to the report, a total of 3,395 healthcare workers from Ghana are working in the UK. This is against a total of 3,236 Ghanaians working in the country as of 2021, according to statistica.com.

The Council has entreated the health professionals to remain in the country and offer their services.