There are however avenues for the country to be self-sufficient.
Senior Clinical Engineer at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Emmanuel Wireko-Brobby, has set out to drive this goal.
He recently brought out a sandal crutch to aid persons with walking disabilities.
He went further to produce theatre lamps, X-ray viewer, phototherapy machine, wheel chair, among others.
After his secondary education at KNUST Senior High School, his love for engineering pushed him to take up a technical course at the Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI).
He went on to pursue Electrical Engineering Technician Certificate programme at Kumasi Technical University.
He then proceeded to do BSc. Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.