The Police Hospital in Accra is facing logistical challenges since it depends solely on internally generated funds.
Some patients are brought to the hospital without family members to pay for the services that are rendered to these patients, putting pressure on the facility.
The Deputy Medical Director of the Hospital, DCOP Azueinyeng Luke Zakpaa, made the revelation in an interview with Onua News when COMFee Ghana presented ten air conditioners worth GH¢85,000.00 to the female and labour or maternity wards of the Police Hospital.
The support was part of their corporate social responsibility of celebrating women who will be admitted at the labour wards and also policewomen who are serving Ghana in diverse ways.
Apart from the presentation to the hospital, COMFee Ghana will do the installations and servicing free of charge for the next year.
DCOP Luke Zakpaa said, “I will generally say logistical challenges. Manpower challenges – I don’t think third parties can help us a lot, but in terms of logistics, we will be very grateful if people will partner with us to equip the hospital”.
We are talking about not just air conditioners, but medical equipment, consumables, and drugs, among others,” he added.
DCOP Luke Zakpaa said, “Police Hospital is quite a busy hospital. We have such a high turnover; we see a lot of accident cases and trauma cases that require a lot of drugs and consumables, and if clients sometimes come to us without any accompanied relatives to cater for the bills, it is a challenge that we have faced for years”.
The Medical Director noted that “it is impacting negatively on us because health care is expensive. The equipment that we use is capital intensive, and then because of the pressure on it, it breaks down regularly, and we need to replace it”.
“We rely solely on our internally generated funds, so all the drugs and consumables that we use are from our own funds, so any external support is a buffer to us because it reduces our costs.”
DCOP Luke Zakpaa added that “in terms of personnel, it is beyond external partners. It is something that the Police Service and the government are trying to solve by employing nurses, doctors and other clinical staff”.
The Executive Director of COMFee Ghana, Pearl Gborglah, said they “believe that women are the hearts of affairs when it comes to business and growth of our economy”.
She said, “The point where women need us most is the point of delivery. When you come to the theatre, you go to the labour ward, and you are out. For the first few days, you need a very serene environment to actually recuperate, so this was our central focus and motivation”.
“Our intention is simple: that our women will go through safe delivery,” she explained.
By Timothy Antwi-Otoo|3news.com|Ghana
