Police Hospital recalls staff from leave
The Police Hospital has recalled its medical personnel on leave to help manage the influx of patients at the hospital. It has also engaged the services of volunteers to complement the efforts of the staff of the hospital as patients rush there to seek medical services following the strike by public sector medical officers.
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The Medical Director of the Police Hospital, Commissioner of Police (COP), Dr Seidu M. Zakariah, made this known when the Minister of the Interior, Mr Mark Woyongo, visited the hospital yesterday to assess the level of preparedness of the facility to receive the increasing number of patients.
Accompanied by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Muhammed Alhassan, the minister was conducted round the various units of the facility and also toured some temporary tents which had been put up for Ebola cases but had been prepared to make room for the extra patients.
But for the OPD and labour wards, which had recorded a swell in the number of patients, the other units were normal.
The visiting team found out that at the labour ward and OPD, patients were being attended to on beds in corridors.
Not overwhelmed
Dr Zakariah said 30 doctors were on duty at the time of the visit and the medical personnel were working on a 24-hour shift.
He said although the 100-bed capacity hospital was currently not overwhelmed, about 50 more beds had been added to make room for admitting patients.
"We are putting beds in every available space to enable us to take more patients. We are working around the clock," he said.
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Sacrifices
Mr Woyongo commended the hardworking personnel of the hospital, especially the doctors and nurses, for their commitment under the circumstances.
"I commend you for the sacrifices you are making as you have to do extra work," he said.
He urged the management of the hospital to alert the ministry when their medical resources and logistics ran low as a result of the increasing number of patients.
He appealed to the striking doctors to go back to work while negotiations continued.
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