Stuck consumables at Tema Port: Korle Bu renal patients to picket on August 21
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3 months ago
Source:
GhanaWeb
Renal patients at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have announced their planned picketing at the Renal Unit on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, to express their displeasure at the authorities' failure to clear essential consumables stuck at the port. Patients will not receive essential medical care for three weeks because of the unit's forced closure due to a continuing scarcity of essential supplies. Mustapha Salifu, the public relations officer at Korle Bu, clarified that the scarcity was the reason for the shutdown but gave the assurance that steps are being taken to clear the consumables and start-up outpatient dialysis treatments again. But Kojo Baffour Ahenkora, a spokesman for the Renal Patients Association, voiced displeasure, charging that the government is not acting quickly enough to address the issue at hand, which he claims is seriously endangering patients' lives. Mr.