Accra, Feb.1, GNA – The Paediatrics Unit of Ridge Regional Hospital in Accra, is expediting action to discharge children on admission to make way for more cases due to the closure of the Children’s Department of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Accra about the measures put in place after the closure of the Children’s Department, Dr Nana Sereboe, Physician Paediatric in-charge said there many children had been discharged but their parents could not afford their bills and were being detained at the hospital.
She explained that the Unit was liaising with the Social Worker assigned to the hospital to find solution to the problem.
“The Social Worker is mobilising funds to pay for the bills for those who cannot afford to decongest the four-room Unit, which could admit 31 patients.”
Management of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Friday, January 27 announced closure of the Children’s Emergency Ward indefinitely as a result of the outbreak of bacterial infection known as Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.
The closure was to enable the management clean and disinfect the ward to rid it of the bacteria.
Re-opening of the ward would be announced as soon as the problem was solved.
Dr Sereboe said the unit was prepared should they have any of such cases.
She called for the establishment of isolation wards in every hospital to cater for such eventualities and help ease pressure on the regular facilities.
Dr Obeng Apuri, Medical Director of Ridge Hospital reiterated the need for the establishment of an ultra modern regional hospital that would have the state of the art facilities.
