The La General Hospital\u00a0 is appealing for support from the general public to help them tend to cholera cases being recorded at the hospital.<\/p>\n
According to the hospital, the number of recorded cases has contributed to the depletion of\u00a0 basic supplies such as disposable gloves, disinfectants and bleach.<\/p>\n
According to the administrator of the hospital, Philip Afeti Korto, the hospital has recorded over 200 cases with about 46 cases recorded on Thursday evening alone.<\/p>\n
The Out Patients\u2019 Department of the hospital has also been cordoned off to deal with the outbreak of the disease.<\/p>\n
Mr. Korto added that the hospital does not have enough space to accommodate the large numbers of patients.<\/p>\n
He told Citi News<\/b> that they \u201chad arranged with a sister hospital to move their cholera beds [to their hospital] because they do no have cholera [patients],\u201d but were unable to find places in their hospital for the beds.<\/p>\n
He revealed the hospital is unable to afford to replenish the depleted supplies on its own and has appealed to donors to assist them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are calling on the general public and organizations that can donate the items to us,” he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will be very grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n
The appeals from the hospital come just a day after the Public Health Directorate of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) said the outbreak of cholera in the metropolis is gradually reaching an epidemic status.<\/p>\n
Over 500 cases of cholera have so far been recorded in Accra alone between June and July which has caused the death of five people.<\/p>\n
Ghana’s health authorities are currently implementing measures to prevent and contain the Ebola disease which has hit four neigbouring countries.<\/p>\n
Many say the government’s failure to prevent annual outbreak of the cholera across the country is an indication it will struggle to deal with the Ebola disease should there be an outbreak.<\/p>\n
The appeals from the government run La General hospital will add to the worry of Ghanaians over the government’s readiness to fight Ebola.<\/p>\n
By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
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