A patient died while being attended to in a chair in the nt so distant past. The hospital was sued. Wat did the authorities do at the time? Issued a directive, DO NOT attend to patients in chairs.
The root prob WAS NOT addressed. Few yrs down the line we have come full circle.
Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh lacks de-escalation skills for crises, which is a critical skill of all health ministers. - Kofi Tonto, Aide/Spokesperson, NPP Flag-bearer
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Thanks for your critique, Janet. We actually tried a couple of episodes where House (Hugh Laurie) (please put the brackets in the right place) gets it right first time, but they were only 6 minutes long. NBC weren’t happy. Then we tried some where House never gets it right and the patient dies. The audience wasn’t happy.
One could apply your trenchant analysis to other art forms: JS Bach wrote 30 Goldberg variations on the same chord structure; Frida Kahlo painted 50 portraits of herself; Henry Moore, what??
The point is, or was, variations on a theme; if all you see is hospital, medical blah blah, then it wasn’t meant for you.
Nonetheless, I look forward to your first novel!
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has demanded the immediate reinstatement of the suspended Chief Executive of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr (Med) Paa Kwesi Aidoo, issuing a three-working-day ultimatum.
The Association also backed KATH management’s decision to temporarily suspend emergency admissions and redirect patients to other facilities, citing severe overcrowding at the Accident and Emergency Centre and concerns over patient safety.
[📸: Ghana Medical Association]
“Do not turn patients away” is not the same as do not suspend admissions temporarily due to overcrowding or extreme pressure. When people make the journey to the emergency department, they are usually unaware of any capacity issues, and once they are there, HCWS are duty bound to attend to them. When they fail to do so, then they can be held accountable. In this case, people were made aware of the capacity issues, so they will use other facilities instead of going to KATH, which was under extreme pressure. It was a step in the right direction and the suspension by the Minister was wrong.
WATCH: 500-bed Afari Military Hospital remains overgrown with weeds, as KATH ,the only referral facility in the Ashanti Region, struggles with congestion at its Accident and Emergency Unit.
Installed medical equipment at the Afari facility is also gathering dust as the project, which has missed several completion deadlines, remains abandoned and neglected. Major parts of the hospital are deteriorating, with ceilings and paint peeling off.
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This is very untrue bossu, e issue isn't whether the Minister is a doctor or not. The issue is his approach. constant public reprimands, hardline responses and "I order you" style of leadership are exactly why we're here.
Healthcare no be some place where you just bark orders and expect problems to disappear. Structures have to exist before directives can work. If people think his actions show a gap in understanding how the ministry and the health system operate, then that criticism is justified.
Even ordinary citizens should be mad at that cos he has been shit with his approach