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The Greater Accra Regional Manager of the GRC, Madam Catherine Adasu, who made this known  said that would  equip teachers to manage emergencies in schools better.

Madam Adasu said the training was necessary because most schools  did not  have infirmaries, nurses or trained teachers to handle emergency cases.

 She said because of issues on self-medication, teachers were not allowed to administer drugs to schoolchildren as it might contradict previous ones administered at home which could escalate the issue.

Additionally, she said some children were hungry and not sick  or  had home-related issues which  did not require medication but affection.

Madam Adasu, therefore,  stressed the need for both public and private schools  to assign teachers in charge of health care .

She explained that due to the frequent transfer of teachers, there was the need for the society to train teachers to replace those who had been transferred .

Madam Adasu said the training, which would be held this month in Accra, fell under the School Health Education Programme (SHEP) of the GES.

She said over 1,500 public and private schools in Accra had registered with the Ghana Red Cross Society for emergency services, a situation she described as worrying because only five per cent were private schools.

The regional manager advised children to memorise their parent’s numbers, emergency numbers and report illnesses to their parents or teachers.

She encouraged teachers to compile the numbers of the parents of children in their schools to inform them about the health needs of their children.