The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has expressed worry over the readiness of the country to deal with the Ebola epidemic.<\/p>\n
According to the GMA, the health system in the country does not have the requisite logistics and practical measures to deal with the disease especially at the facility level.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News, the General Secretary of the GMA, Frank Serebuor said the Ministry of Health must as a matter of urgency, provide the equipment to deal with the disease.<\/p>\n
He stated that the disease is very contagious and highly possible it will be recorded in Ghana soon and so \u201cthere is the need for systems to be ready so that in case anybody comes down with the disease in Ghana, we can halt the transmission.\u201d<\/p>\n
He complained about the absence of isolation wards in hospitals in Ghana to accommodate affected patients.<\/p>\n
Dr. Serebuor appealed to hospital administrators \u201cto be ready\u2026and if they find anybody with a particular ailment who is probably bleeding, one of the things they should of now is Ebola.\u201d<\/p>\n
The epidemic began in Guinea in March this year and has since spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria.<\/p>\n
According to figures from the World Health Organization (WHO), it had infected 779 people and killed 481 as of 3 July.<\/p>\n
There has been little sign of the disease subsiding, and medical charity Doctors Without Borders has described the situation as “out of control” after sending teams to the region.<\/p>\n
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By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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