The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) suspends elective surgeries they do and moved the emergency cases temporarily because of the incessant breakdown of the elevators in the surgical block. This has led to problems where patients find it hard to access the surgical tower which greatly hampers the ability of the hospital to conduct routine surgeries.
Regarding the situation, it has been established that KBTH will only attend to emergency cases only in order to avoid interruption of its critical care services.
In a notice signed by Professor J. E. Mensah of the Surgical Department, the hospital stated, “Given the current situation, we have decided to suspend all elective surgeries until further notice. During this period, we will focus solely on emergency cases to ensure that critical care is not compromised.”
Korle Bu indicated that emergency surgeries will be carried out at the Ground Floor Surgical (Neuro), Accident Centre, and Pediatric and Gynaecology theatres.
“To accommodate these changes, emergency surgeries will be carried out at the Ground Floor Surgical (Neuro), Accident Centre, Pediatric and Gynaecology theatres. Patients undergoing these procedures will be admitted to Ward G, Ward N, Ward A, and Ward B.”
The hospital assured that efforts are being made to expedite the completion of the work as soon as possible.
SOURCE: https://dew360.net
Join our WhatsApp channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VakDz4u9RZATWh53yC1a
