The Volta Regional Directorate of Ghana Health Service (GHS) has strongly condemned what it described as malicious recirculation of an old video on an incident that happened at the Sogakpe Hospital on social media platforms as though it is a recent occurrence.
Such action, the Regional Health Service noted is targeted at creating unwarranted public anxiety and undermine trust in healthcare institutions in the region.
This attempt also leads to distract public attention from the progress being made in improving health care services in the Sogakofe Hospital in particular and the region as a whole.
A few days ago, a fifty-six (56) second reel video popped up on Facebook about the handling of a patient brought to the South Tongu Municipal Hospital at Sogakope, an incident which occurred a year ago. The video highlighted some scenes of a misunderstanding between the nurses on duty at the time and a client’s relative who accused the nurses of alleged lack of prompt action towards the handling of their relative.
In a statement issued in Ho and signed by the Volta Regional Director of Health Service, Dr. Emmanuel Atsu Dodor, he said the Directorate’s attention has been drawn to a video in circulation on social media portraying an altercation between a patient relation and nurses at the premises of the South Tongu Municipal Hospital at Sogakope.
Dr. Dodor explained that such alleged incident in question occurred about a year ago and was thoroughly investigated and addressed at the time in accordance with the protocols and requirements of the GHS.
“Reposting the video of the old incident without context or verification is not only irresponsible but also appears to be a deliberate attempt to misrepresent facts and tarnish the reputation of the hospital and for that matter the GHS”, the statement emphasized.
The Regional Health Directorate urged the public and the media outlets to always verify the authenticity and timing of any content before publishing them.
He assured the general public that all hospitals in the region not only South-Tongu Municipal Hospital remain committed to the tenets of the GHS standards of care to all patients.
The South Tongu Municipal Hospital at Sogakope serves thousands of clients from five (5) major districts and municipalities of the region. These are; Ada East, North and Central Tongu districts as well as Akatsi South and South Tongu municipalities.
