{"id":99419,"date":"2025-10-20T11:56:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=99419"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:56:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:56:50","slug":"health-professionals-bemoan-galamsey-impact-on-medical-infusion-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=99419","title":{"rendered":"Health professionals bemoan galamsey impact on medical infusion production"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Health professionals are sounding the alarm over the growing difficulty faced by local pharmaceutical companies in accessing clean water for the production of medical infusions, as illegal mining activities continue to contaminate major water bodies across the country.<\/p>\n

The Hospital Pharmacists Association says the high turbidity levels recorded in rivers and streams are severely affecting the operations of pharmaceutical firms and health facilities that rely on these sources for production.<\/p>\n

National Chairman of the Association, Dr Emmanuel Owusu Wiafe, has urged the government to take decisive and sustained action to clamp down on illegal mining, warning that the pollution poses a grave threat to both public health and local drug manufacturing.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the sidelines of the annual conference of the Pharmacy Technicians Association of Ghana, Dr Wiafe described the situation as dire and called for a more drastic national response to end the galamsey<\/em> menace.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe decision should be something decisive, and I think we want a more drastic approach so that we do not have issues with pharmaceuticals, particularly the production of pharmaceuticals, which is dire,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n