Doctors at the Department of Accident and Emergency at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital have warned they will quit their post because the premier hospital has not demonstrated effective preparedness in fighting the deadly Covid-19 coronavirus.
In a Memo signed by the Doctors to their Head of Department, they complained about the lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
“We write to express our general dissatisfaction with the preparedness or lack thereof of the department to combat the current COVID-19 pandemic. We also wish to express our displeasure with the events surrounding the hospital’s first confirmed case,” the medical officers wrote.
“We will like to state; with no fear of equivocation that, if these measures are not put in place, we will be forced to stop attending to patients to the endangerment of the patients, ourselves, our loved ones, and Ghana as a whole,” portions of the memo
Korle-Bu has been in the eye of the outbreak in Ghana, having recorded the first wave of patients, but the premier teaching hospital with its perennial lack of resources appear to be ill-prepared for a disease noted for its extremely high rate of contagion.
The Doctors who have been threated on a couple of occasions, leading to some of them self-isolating have said they have had enough of the laxity. “Firstly, the pandemic; an existential threat to us, you will agree has to be handled with decisiveness and transparency. It is based on this that, we are aghast at the actions or inactions taken before, during and after the case had been confirmed.”
“We will like to remind management of the department that, it has failed woefully in providing adequate protection for the staff and as such, we’re left with little choice than to resort to protecting ourselves in the face of clear and present danger.