Information reaching OnuaOnline indicate that the Renal Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has been closed for maintenance, a close source at the facility has disclosed.
This comes after an 80-year-old kidney patient, Victor Sormenah, waited at the facility for his dialysis session over an hour, only to be told the unit has got a challenge.
Although Mr. Sormenah has been told to return later for the treatment, his wife, who spoke with TV3’s Godwin Asediba Thursday, June 13, 2024, indicated that the development is really challenging since her husband swells up easily and vomits constantly without dialysis.
Meanwhile, the hospital authorities, according to the patient’s wife, have said there is shortage in supply of the items needed for the treatment.
“They called us an hour later and informed us not to come because they’ve got an emergency. And this is not the only place we come for my husband’s treatment and we go for another session at TU. So on our way we stopped her to check why they said we shouldn’t come and they told us they’ve got some small problem, which is, they are short of the items they use so we are continuing to the other place,” she disclosed.
She expressed pessimism over her husband’s condition without the dialysis due to the reaction he usually gets without the treatment.
“They said we should wait till Monday and I don’t know what will happen because if he doesn’t get the dialysis, he gets swollen. We don’t know any other place they can do the dialysis,” she disclosed.
The National Health Insurance Authority has announced a free dialysis treatment for patients 18 years and below and those above 60 years.
The six months programme which began in June 2024 will provide some free treatments for patients who are between the ages of 19 and 59.
NHIA commences free dialysis treatment on NHIS, not all patients to enjoy same benefits
