Elective surgeries scheduled to take place at the surgical department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital will resume today, following the completion of work to fix one of the broken down elevators that serve the multi-storey department. Such procedures were put on hold while attention was given to only emergency cases after the elevator broke down, drawing concerns from patients and other caregivers.
It also caught the attention of the Ranking Member of Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, who visited the surgical department to assess the situation. However, last week, the management of the hospital on its Facebook page, denied news making the round that its surgical department had shut down due to the faulty elevators, giving the assurance that it was working to get one of the elevators fixed.
Mr Akandoh, the Member of Parliament for Juaboso Constituency, who observed that the lifts were not functioning, consequently issued an ultimatum to hospital authorities to resolve the problem, even if temporarily, to avoid a dire impact. Yesterday, the hospital authorities announced that the lift has been fixed and, thus, elective surgeries would resume immediately.
The Public Relations Officer of the KBTH, Mustapha Salifu, said surgeons had been informed about the new development and they were expected to resume work in the theatres immediately.
