{"id":318349,"date":"2017-05-11T19:16:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T19:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=318349"},"modified":"2017-05-11T19:16:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T19:16:05","slug":"dont-charge-explosion-victims-for-care-minister-to-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/dont-charge-explosion-victims-for-care-minister-to-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t charge explosion victims for care – Minister to hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Western Region Minister, Dr. Kweku Afriyie, has directed management of the three hospitals in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis treating victims of Tuesday\u2019s gas explosion, to guard against the temptation to demand money from victims before administering the needed care.<\/p>\n
There were \u00a0complaints by some victims of the explosion that the Takoradi Government Hospital and the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital, were demanding monies from victims before some drugs were given.<\/p>\n
But Dr. Afriyie after visiting the victims at the three health facilities, admonished management of these facilities to \u201ctreat all victims without any financial demands for we are providing a contact to the health facilities to reach us when such need arises.\u201d<\/p>\n