Nurses at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital on Tuesday embarked on a demonstration to express their displeasure over the unavailability of drugs and some basic working equipment.
Citi News’ reporter, Nana Boakye Yiadom reported that ‘’a handful of nurses from the psychiatric hospital and other health workers are demonstrating and singing with placards…’’.
According to him the nurses say ‘’the unavailability of medicine in the hospital pharmacy put them and their patients in danger’’.
Leader of the group, Samuel Kwadwo Hanu accused the government of abandoning the hospital.
‘’We are demonstrating because the logistics that we are supposed to use to work are not available in this hospital; the government has abandoned the psychiatric hospital for far too long,’’ he said.
Samuel Hanu further noted that patients are unable to get the medications prescribed for them.
‘’… according to the information we are having the situation will be so for the next eight months; so as nurses we are advocating for our patients and government must intervene,’’ he added.
He opined that the patients by government’s policy are supposed to receive free treatment and medication [psychiatric treatment].
‘’Majority of our patients, about 80 percent are poor and cannot afford the medication; things are really bad here now,’’ he said.
Mr. Hanu also explained that the situation put the nurses and everyone who works in the psychiatric hospital in danger.
He added that the nurses will lay down their tools after a week when nothing is done about the situation.
By: Evans Effah/citifmonline.com/Ghana