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Upper East Region Struggles without Trauma Orthopedic Surgeons

The Upper East Regional Hospital is facing a critical shortage of specialized medical professionals, with a stark revelation that there isn’t a single Trauma Orthopedic Surgeon in the entire region. Apexnewsgh reports This was highlighted by the Hospital’s Medical Director Dr. Saanwie Aiden during a recent visit by the Parliamentary Select Committee. The Medical Director Dr. Saanwie expressed deep concern over the situation, noting that patients in need of orthopedic surgery have limited options. “No government facility within the regional hospital can render such service,” the Director emphasized. According to Dr. Saanwie, to mitigate this gap, the hospital management has arranged for occasional visits from a specialist based in Tamale. However, this arrangement is not sustainable in the long term. Given the region’s needs, the Medical Director stressed the importance of having at least two Trauma Orthopedic Surgeons stationed in the Upper East Region. This would significantly improve the hospital’s capacity to provide timely and specialized care to patients, reducing reliance on temporary arrangements and ensuring better health outcomes for residents. The situation underscores the urgent need for investment in healthcare infrastructure and recruitment of specialized medical professionals in the region. Source: Apexnewsgh.com

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Upper East Regional Hospital Serves 1.3 Million People– Medical Director

The Upper East Regional Hospital is a vital healthcare institution serving approximately 1.3 million people, not only from the region but also from neighboring countries. Apexnewsgh reports Recently, the hospital welcomed a visit from the esteemed Parliamentary Select Committee on Health, led by Chairman Dr. Mark Kurt Nawaane. During this visit, the hospital’s Medical Director Dr. Saanwie Aiden proudly shared vital statistics that underscore the facility’s tremendous role in the community. With a dedicated staff of 760, comprised of 634 permanent and 126 casual members, the hospital is ready to face the challenges of providing healthcare to such a vast population. Its bed capacity of 265 enables it to deliver essential medical care, ensuring that both routine and critical health needs are met. The Parliamentary Select Committee’s assessment highlights the pressing importance of the hospital within the region’s healthcare infrastructure. As they observed the operations and listened to the staff, the focus remained clear: understanding the needs and challenges of the Upper East Regional Hospital is pivotal in maintaining and enhancing the quality of healthcare services offered to the people it serves. Source: Apexnewsgh.com

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No oxygen at Bolgatanga Regional Hospital, Hospital rely on individual seller for support—Patients cries

For those in the health industry, Oxygen is an important element in human life sustainability and that means when Oxygen is needed and cannot be found the patient will die in no time. In the Upper Regional Hospital, patients are made to buy Oxygen when needed for themselves to save their dear lives and this is as a result of the inability of the National Health Insurance Authority to continuously pay to the Regional Hospital the money due them to enable them to procure some of these important necessities for their patients. Patients who spoke to Apexnewsgh.com complained that, it is very dangerous for a hospital to rely on individuals who sell these products in their own capacity. However, when this platform contacted the regional hospital Administrator Yakubu Zakaria he confirmed the unfortunate development but insisted, that is what they could do to support. He said: “Oxygen is a product like any other product we used in the hospital. So, when you come and oxygen is put on you, you pay for it. You don’t pay the full cost, just a portion of it”. According to him, the hospital doesn’t produce Oxygen: “We don’t produce oxygen ourselves, we go outside to go and buy either from Kumasi or Tamale depending on how quickly we can get it. “If you are not holding money, the person selling the oxygen will not give you, we don’t produce and this is a lifesaving commodity, if the person doesn’t get the oxygen, he or she will die in a very short while”. “So, you asked yourself, National Health Insurance has paid you up to April 2022, we are in January 2023. So, if you have to wait till health insurance pays you before you buy, it means you are just going to be shifting people to their graves. So, we thought it wise that, instead of saying we don’t have it, let’s look for a way of putting the cost on the patient, so that we gather the money when it finishes we can buy and come and continue using. He said He added, that other hospitals will tell you they don’t have and sit down because not everybody takes life seriously. So, we will continue support to continuously get oxygen so that lives can be saved. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us at +233256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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15 out of those who were visiting Tamale for regular dialysis for the year 2022 died– Dr.Akatibo cries for support

Dr. Emmanuel Nsobila Akatibo, a Physician Specialist with the Upper East Regional hospital has initiated a serious campaign to get a dialysis center in the region. He said, “Aside the cost of the dialysis and medications which is expensive, these patients had to travel 2-to-3 times a week with a caregiver to Tamale for the dialysis, this puts an extra burden on their families because some just had to stop working in order to be able to travel almost every other day for dialysis”. Sadly, Dr. Akatibo revealed that 15 out of those who were visiting Tamale for regular dialysis for the year 2022 died because they couldn’t afford to travel almost every other day for dialysis. Read the full heartbreaking statement: THE UPPER EAST REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN BOLGATANGA NEEDS A DIALYSIS CENTER. Dr. Emmanuel Nsobila Akatibo writes: My name is Emmanuel Akatibo a Physician Specialist at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital.This is the story of the fate of patients who suffer from kidney failure needing renal replacement therapy in the form of haemodialysis in the region. Since I started working in the regional hospital in March 2022 as the only Physician Specialist – The department of Internal medicine has recorded over 30 kidney failure cases that needed dialysis either as a long-term renal replacement therapy or a short course of dialysis to allow time for the kidneys to recover. Unfortunately, this service is not available in the regional hospital which serves as the main referral centre for the whole of Upper East, parts of North East, Burkina Faso and Togo. Out of those who had end-stage kidney failure and needed long-term haemodialysis, only a few could afford to travel to Tamale the nearest centre for dialysis. This didn’t come easy for them at all, so some dropped along the way because they couldn’t keep up. Aside the cost of the dialysis and medications which is expensive, these patients had to travel 2-to-3 times a week with a caregiver to Tamale for the dialysis, this puts an extra burden on their families because some just had to stop working in order to be able to travel almost every other day for dialysis. Due to the inconveniences and extra financial burden on them, some couldn’t maintain it and died along the way, those who could have to reduce the recommended 3 times a week dialysis to either once a week or once every two weeks. This worsen most of them their condition and affected their quality of life. Others had to entirely relocate with their family to Tamale, Kumasi, and Accra in order to have easy access to dialysis centres. 15 out of those who were visiting Tamale for regular dialysis for the year 2022 died because they couldn’t afford to travel almost every other day for dialysis. For those who developed Acute kidney injury(AKI) which has the potential to reverse to normal and needed dialysis support for the kidneys to recover died because they couldn’t afford to travel to Tamale for such service. Most of these patients were young adults in their prime age, breadwinners of their families who probably just needed 2-to-4 dialysis sessions to recover from the AKI but we just had to watch on helpless. It’s on this background that the hospital started the awareness creation and sensitization of the public on kidney diseases for prevention, early detection and treatment to prevent progression and at the same time the campaign to help it set up a haemodialysis centre for the region. It is capital intensive and beyond the capacity of the hospital to fund it alone and would therefore need the support of individuals, corporate Ghana and all well-meaning sons and daughters of the region to contribute to this course in whichever form. It’s refreshing to know that almost all the Regions have dialysis centres with the exception of the Upper East and the newly created regions. We have our challenges as a region but I think this project will serve the interest of the entire region irrespective of where you belong to. I, therefore, call on you to join the campaign. Timetohaveahaemodialysiscentreinuppereast. It’s now or never✊🏿.God bless.Share and tag someone. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Opinion

Bolgatanga Regional Hospital, is Management to be blamed or staff with their current poor service?

In recent times, reports of happenings at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital are becoming too worrying to the innocent people going there for medical care. I could remember a patient who was critically ill once told me, if the family was fast to rush to Tamale Teaching Hospital by now, he would have to be a dead person. He said a lot about the regional hospital, which would be a story for another day. But this recent report by Wordfm, a Bolgatanga base local radio has confirmed the survived patient account early this year. Wordfm Report: The Upper East Regional Hospital was on Wednesday May 12, 2021 evening an eyesore as many patients who throng to the facility to seek for medical care were left stranded at the OPD with no health personnel to attend to them. At about 7:43pm , the Out Patient Department of the hospital had no single nurse at post to attend to the few patients who had come to the facility to seek medical care. The patients, with various illnesses were left to their faith with no one to even take their vitals. A young man in his 30s that was brought to the facility on a motor king with signs of high fever was seen struggling with the family members who brought him and attempting to physically assault other patients at the entrance of the facility. There was no health personnel to come to the aid of the young man who was visibly suffering. Other visitors who did not know what to do or where to go were seen lying on the benches of the facility hoping that a health personnel will by chance emerge from somewhere. Calls to the regional director, Dr. Emmanuel Kofi Dzotsie and the administrator, Mr. Yakubu Zakaria of the facility by a Word Fm reporter, Simon Agana went unanswered. However when the reporter sent photos of the scene at the facility to the administrator Mr. Yakubu Zakaria , he quickly responded and assured the reporter that he will place a call to someone to go to the facility. About an hour later, a female nurse appeared at the OPD to attend to the patients, and was subsequently joined by two male nurses. The Upper East Regional Hospital in recent times has gained notoriety for offering poor services to the public who go to the facility. In most cases especially during afternoon or night, visitors who visit the facility either meet an empty OPD or they meet someone at the OPD with no one at the consulting room to attend to them. The poor service rendered to the public has caused many to prefer private health facilities to the only referral hospital in the region Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

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Upper East Region Struggles without Trauma Orthopedic Surgeons

Upper East Regional Hospital Serves 1.3 Million People– Medical Director

No oxygen at Bolgatanga Regional Hospital, Hospital rely on individual seller for support—Patients cries

15 out of those who were visiting Tamale for regular dialysis for the year 2022 died– Dr.Akatibo cries for support

Bolgatanga Regional Hospital, is Management to be blamed or staff with their current poor service?

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