{"id":341689,"date":"2017-08-03T13:52:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T13:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=341689"},"modified":"2017-08-03T13:52:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T13:52:36","slug":"korle-bu-turns-away-patients-over-faulty-ct-mri-machines-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/korle-bu-turns-away-patients-over-faulty-ct-mri-machines-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Korle Bu turns away patients over faulty CT, MRI machines [Report]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scores of people are being turned away from Ghana\u2019s biggest health facility, the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital because the CT and MRI scans there have broken down.<\/p>\n<p>These patients have no option but to travel to other facilities, mostly private, for scans, before reporting to the hospital again, often at higher costs.<\/p>\n<p>Citi News Eugenia Tenkorang has been interacting with some of these affected patients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click below for full report:<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/336085202&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonilne.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scores of people are being turned away from Ghana\u2019s biggest health facility, the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital because the CT and MRI scans there have broken down. 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