Multinational Frontiers Healthcare Services (FHS) has denied allegations of wrongdoing or corrupt practices in connection with its COVID-19 assignment at Kotoka International Airport, Ghana.
The company’s management, in a statement, claimed that the accusations made on social media by one Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa were “false, unfounded and fabricated. “
He called his claim that FHS had misled the Ghanaian government completely false.
The company said, “The contractual dating between FHS and the Government of Ghana is governed through a duly executed contract that was vigorously negotiated through world-class professionals on both sides. “
The company noted that at the end of the contract, “FHS donated one of its laboratories to the Ghana Health Service as a sign of satisfaction for its corporate social duty.
“The government of the Republic of Ghana has not been harmed in any way through FHS. On the contrary, the government and other people of Ghana have derived enormous benefits from FHS in many ways, as shown in past administrations.
“It is malicious and depraved for anyone to fabricate figures and plots of lies and non-existent figures as profit. “
The company said the most “absurd, absurd and ridiculous” allegation was the claim that FHS would get some form from the Ghanaian government.
He claimed he had “no connection to any government official. “FHS expressly refutes and rejects, in the strongest terms, any suggestion or insinuation that you have any connection, association or relationship with any member of the Government of the Republic of Ghana.
“FHS, therefore, without any qualification, in any way, hereby expressly denies and refutes any allegation of government favoritism. There’s a hint of fact in any of those suggestions.
“This accusation is obviously malicious, unjustified and speculative, and comes from those whose motives are motivated by an inexplicable willingness to unjustifiably denigrate a truly exceptional intervention that has saved the lives of Ghanaians at a time of truly proven challenge to the nation’s security. “
The company expressed sadness that what deserves to be hailed as one of the country’s greatest achievements, the COVID-19 pandemic, “was provoked through a negative media attack due to the politically polarized nature existing in our beloved nation. “
Referring to the alleged comments of the legislator, the company said that the reopening of the air borders of the Republic of Ghana during the pandemic was made possible by the advent of ingeniously designed state-of-the-art fitness solution systems through Frontiers Healthcare Services Limited, necessarily with the number one goal is to prevent the possible entry and transmission of the virus to the resident population of our expensive country, Ghana.
He said the company’s efforts have allowed Ghana “to be identified as the first country in the world to implement and start immediately with foreign passengers arriving from the novel COVID-19 virus. “
He explained that to ensure the integrity and reliability of the test result performed as a component of the procedure, “FHS implemented a complicated automated immunoassay (AIS) formula that proved to be unbeatably accurate.
“This apparatus has been independently tested through the Food and Drug Authority (FDA) of Ghana and the Laboratory Division of the National COVID-19 Task Force and has proven to be highly effective and safe. “
As for the price of the test, $150, the company said it’s the cheapest value in the world.
He said: “Given the sophistication of the checks carried out and the large investment in infrastructure (including laboratories, control booths, apparatus, reagents, etc. ), human resources (more than 500 people), rent and electricity, tariffs and logistics (especially staff). Protective devices (PPE) and other infection measures), it wasn’t practical to charge less than $150 at the start of the process, and even then, it was the cheapest rate qualified globally at the time.
“In fact, it’s 100 percent more efficient and cost-effective than its closest competitors. “
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