The Sentuo Group and the Eezzy Group Foundation have donated 10 fully equipped ambulances and an advanced operational pickup vehicle to the Ghana Police Service to strengthen emergency medical response, healthcare delivery, and policing across the country.
The vehicles were officially presented to the Inspector General of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohuno, in Accra.
The ambulances will be deployed to police hospitals and regions across Ghana to transport injured officers, emergency patients and members of the public requiring urgent medical evacuation, while the pickup vehicle will support police operations and crime fighting.
Receiving the donation, Mr Yohuno thanked the donors, Chairman Ningquan Xu of the Sentuo Group and Mohammed Raii of the Eezzy Group Foundation, saying the vehicles would have an immediate impact on emergency response.
“We say thank you so much for this donation. These ambulances are going to be used to save lives,” he said.
He said the ambulances would be distributed across the country without delay, including to areas with the greatest need.
“We are going to distribute these ambulances throughout the whole country and throughout our hospitals. We will send one to Tamale in the North,” he said.
Recalling previous operational challenges, Mr Yohuno said the lack of emergency transport had made it difficult to respond to some situations.
“The last time I was in Tamale, it was very difficult. Today, I can confidently tell them we now have an ambulance.”
He said the Ghana Police Service had the personnel and technical capacity to operate and maintain the fleet.
“We have the men and the team to take good care of them.”
Mr Yohuno stressed that the donation would benefit not only police officers but also the wider public.
The ambulances will be used to transport officers injured in the line of duty, patients requiring urgent medical attention and members of the public in need of emergency evacuation. The advanced pickup vehicle will strengthen police operations and logistics.
“What we are seeing today is going to increase the number of vehicles to fight crime,” he said.
“Fighting crime is for the people of this country.”
“The police are working very hard to make sure Ghana becomes a very safe country.”
He added that officers injured during operations or those who fall ill while on duty would now be transported to hospital more quickly.
“This is what you have done to Ghana. You have assisted government to help us do our work in a safer way.”
The donation comes at a time when Ghana’s emergency medical transport system continues to face pressure from increasing road traffic accidents, population growth, long travel distances and the unequal distribution of emergency vehicles, particularly in rural and underserved communities.
Although Ghana’s emergency medical services have expanded in recent years, demand for ambulances continues to exceed available resources in many parts of the country. Parliament, healthcare experts and emergency medicine researchers have repeatedly called for increased ambulance capacity, stronger referral systems and improved emergency logistics to help reduce preventable deaths.
The Sentuo Group and the Eezzy Group Foundation said the donation reflects their commitment to supporting national development and strengthening public institutions through corporate philanthropy.
Emergency medical transport can be critical for accident victims, pregnant women experiencing complications, patients suffering strokes or cardiac emergencies, victims of violent crime and police officers injured while protecting the public.
The deployment of the ambulances is expected to improve emergency response, reduce delays in patient transfers and enhance access to healthcare in communities that depend on public emergency services.
Concluding the ceremony, Mr Yohuno again thanked the donors.
“Thank you, Chairman Ningquan Xu of Sentuo Group and Mr Mohammed Raii of the Eezzy Group Foundation, for this impressive and unbelievable support. It is highly appreciated.”
