The Managing Director of Nyaho Medical Centre, Dr Elikem Tamaklo’s has reportedly tested positive for Covid-19.
Dr. Tamakloe is the son of Dr. Nyaho Tamakloe, one of the leading members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The diagnosis leaked on Saturday May 7, 2020, has come as a shock to his family. It is, however, unclear if any of them had tested positive to the deadly coronavirus.
According to Rita Agyeiwaa Rockson, the Media Liaison of the Nyaho Centre in reference to his immediate family, “they are all well.”
She said the family “have been self-isolating together and are taking all the medical advice and precautionary measures.”
As part of the Medical Centre’s Business Continuity Plan, non-clinical staff (including the MD) have been working remotely from home through virtual meetings since March 23, 2020, she disclosed.
This means that the MD could not have possibly come in contact with staff at the hospital. “Over the last two weeks, Dr Tamaklo was not physically present on the hospital premises and thus, we can confirm that the exposure was from the community,” Ms. Rockson said.
Dr Tamaklo and his family are currently under quarantine and will be compliant with all the necessary guidance from the District Health team who have worked closely with Nyaho Medical Centre in the follow-up and treatment of patients.
Following the news of his infection, Dr. Tamakloe made a short video to his employees saying: “I am currently doing well but felt it important to fully live out the Nyaho leadership standards and commitment to building a culture of trust. The stigma that some have had to endure is unfair, unfounded and has no basis. Through no fault of their own, they have been exposed to an invisible threat, a virus, and now have to keep focused on their journey to recovery, for themselves, their families and their wider community.”
Meanwhile, Nyaho Medical Centre will continue to operate 24 hours a day seven days a week as one of the frontline centres for treating Covid-19 patients.