{
  "id": 17809078,
  "title": "Refurbished emergency dispatch centre in Ho handed over to Ghana National Ambulance Service",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/refurbished-emergency-dispatch-centre-in-ho-handed-over-to-ghana",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T14:44:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/refurbished-emergency-dispatch-centre-in-ho-handed-over-to-ghana-national-ambulance-service/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Hunger Project–Ghana, working alongside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has handed over a refurbished Emergency Dispatch Centre to the Ghana National Ambulance Service in Ho, located in the Volta Region. The facility operates 24 hours a day and features digital monitoring, emergency mapping, and communication systems designed to assist with ambulance deployment, emergency response, and coordination with health facilities. The centre is intended to support administrative functions and improve access to quality healthcare in the region.\n\nSeparately, a Syrian national was arrested at Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport on Saturday, October 31, 2026, after traveling from Accra with roughly 40 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine hidden in two pieces of luggage. The Ghanaian Times reports that the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) confirmed the arrest in a statement dated November 1, noting that the seizure resulted from a joint operation between Ghanaian and Lebanese drug law enforcement authorities.\n\nThis controlled delivery operation was intended to identify accomplices in Ghana and gather intelligence to dismantle an international criminal network. NACOC stated the exercise highlights the cooperation and intelligence sharing between Ghana and Lebanon in the fight against international drug trafficking.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Refurbished emergency dispatch centre in Ho handed over to Ghana National Ambulance Service",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/refurbished-emergency-dispatch-centre-in-ho-handed-over-to-ghana-17812234",
        "published": "2026-11-02T15:10:06.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}