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Our Vision

“ We strive to be a world class Emergency Medical Service(EMS) that provides the highest quality and most cost effective emergency health care to the people in Ghana, through enthusiatic and well-trained staff ”





Prof. Ahmed Nuhu Zakariah
Chief Executive Officer


Prof. Ahmed Nuhu Zakariah is a prominent and seasoned personality of the Medical Profession in Ghana. He is a consultant in Intensive Care Medicine of International repute, Fellow of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Ambulance Service (NAS) of Ghana. Prof. Ahmed N. Zakariah joined the National Ambulance Service since 2006 and has served in this position for close to Seventeen (17) years. He is an experienced and innovative CEO of the NAS with excellent managerial skills.
His responsibilities as the CEO of the NAS include:
  1. Responsible for Pre-Hospital Emergency Care in Ghana.
  2. Responsible for building Emergency Medical Service System for Ghana.
  3. Responsible for the establishment of the only Paramedic and Emergency Care Training School in Ghana.
  4. Ensuring the training of Paramedics (Emergency Medical Technicians) in Ghana.
  5. Ensuring the expansion of emergency medical care services across Ghana
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NAS PR UNIT TRAINS REGIONAL PROs


NAS PR UNIT TRAINS REGIONAL PROs The Public Relations Unit of the National Ambulance Service (NAS) has organized a two day orientation program for its 16 regional Public Relations Officers across the country. The virtual program, which was held on March 19 and 20, 2025, with all Regional PROs and Regional Administrative Managers joining online, was to train the officers in speech writing, journalistic writing, public speaking, interview skills and basic photography. Opening the program, the Chief Executive Officer for the Service, Prof. Ahmed Nuhu Zakariah advised all the Regional PROs to take the program seriously in order to sharpen them for their tasks and not to just sign in and disappear. Read More

NAS STAFF TRAINED ON MATERNAL EMERGENCIES IN VOLTA REGION


The staff of Peki and Juapong Ambulance stations in the Volta region have been trained in maternal emergencies to help strengthen the emergency care delivery in the area.The training is an initiative by the Peki government hospital and the aim is to help reduce maternal mortality in the area. The facilitators for the training were experience midwives from the Peki government hospital.he personnel were taken through topics like ECLAMPSIA, PRE-ECLAMPSIA and other MATERNAL EMERGENCIES. The engagement also serves as a medium for fostering the existing collaboration between National Ambulance Service and the Ghana Health Services in providing healthcare for the people of Ghana. Below are excerpts from the training.

NAS VISIT NEW VOLTA REGIONAL MINISTER


The Volta Regional branch of the National Ambulance Service (NAS) has paid a courtesy call on the new Volta Regional Minister, Hon. James Gunu, to congratulate him on his assumption of office. Leading the NAS team, SAEMT Bright Manu also briefed the Minister on the state of the Service in the region. He took the opportunity to appeal for more ambulances, highlighting specific areas in need of additional fleet, including Akanu, Shia, Nyive, and Ho Airport. Chief Director Augustus Awity pledged support for securing an oxygen plant, while Hon. Gunu assured them that he would prioritize this issue alongside other concerns raised by the NAS leadership in the region.