[ 2015-08-10 ]

Doctors' strike: Police Hospital engages volunteers
The ongoing strike by the Ghana Medical
Association has forced the Police Hospital to
engage the services of volunteers to complement
the efforts of the staff of the hospital as
patients rush there to seek medical services.

The Police Hospital has also recalled its medical
personnel on leave to help manage the influx of
patients at the hospital.

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 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.

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.

Source - Starrfmonline

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