{"id":237400,"date":"2016-08-08T06:21:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T06:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=237400"},"modified":"2016-08-08T06:21:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T06:21:04","slug":"govt-to-release-ghc-1-6m-to-accra-psychiatric-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/govt-to-release-ghc-1-6m-to-accra-psychiatric-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t to release GHC 1.6m to Accra Psychiatric Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Health will today [Monday] release 1.6 million Ghana cedis to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to prevent a total shutdown of the facility.<\/p>\n<p>This follows an exclusive report by Citi News a week ago that the hospital was turning away new patients due to the lack of funds and huge debts owed their suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;2lteEqPwRYC7A6jwWXkUBLtLGYbUEVIH&#8221;]Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Health, Tony Goodman said adequate measures have been instituted to ensure that the hospital functions properly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Thursday the Minister went there [Psychiatric hospital] and revealed that the Ministry of Health is making sure to release 1.6 million into their account. They have started working on it so I believe by Monday they should have their money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last Wednesday, the<a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/03\/accra-psychiatric-hospital-halts-admissions\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong> hospital suspended admissions<\/strong><\/span> <\/a>at the facility due to lack of funds to support its operations.<\/p>\n<p>The Communications Director for the hospital, Emmanuel Febiri earlier stated that the lack of government funding is adversely affecting healthcare delivery at the facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur source of funding depends on the subvention from the government of Ghana and the government has been trying to do its part but for some time now, the money is not forthcoming\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been challenging to manage the patients in terms of feeding them, buying detergents and even money to pay casual workers. 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