[ 2021-02-19 ]

Kumawu Polyclinic suspends emergency services following roof rip-off
Residents living in and around Kumawu in the
Sekyere Kumawu District of the Ashanti Region will
have to travel all the way to Effiduase and Asante
Akyem Agogo to access emergency healthcare.

This is because the entire roof of the Kumawu
Polyclinic has been ripped off following a heavy
rainfall Monday dawn.

Caesarean Section, intensive healthcare and other
emergency services are suspended due to the
situation.

The heavy storm, which preceded the downpour,
damaged office equipment such as computers,
folders, gauze, needle and other medical
equipment.

Speaking on Akoma FM‘s morning show GhanAkoma ,
Medical Superintendent Dr. Alex Agbanu told host
Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin that at least the cost
of damage for now is a little over GH¢11, 000
minus the cost of the roofing sheets and and other
major damages.

Dr. Agbanu, who looked helpless, added that “all
emergency cases are suspended and such cases would
be referred to nearby Effiduase and Agogo
hospitals, hence cases such as Caesarean sections,
surgeries and other cases are suspended”.

“However, OPD cases and minor cases will be
attended to but until the roof is fixed and our
spoilt equipment restored, the situation will be
dire.”

Meanwhile, District Chief Executive for Sekyere
Kumawu Samuel Addai Agyekum assured of swift
intervention as he explained that “as I speak,
carpenters are working on the project so by
Monday, we will be done with the renovation to
restore suspended works on the Kumawu
Polyclinic”.

Until the ripped-off roofing is restored,
emergency health cases are suspended.

The situation brings to the fore the slow pace of
work on the 120-bed capacity Kumawu District
Hospital project, which has missed deadlines.

If the ongoing hospital had been completed, the
suspension of emergency cases would have been a
thing of the past and the district hospital would
have been a timely intervention.

Source - 3 News

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