The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has said, it will no longer attend to admit and attend new cases due to an increased rise in coronavirus infection among the hospital’s staff.
A memo sent to the staff and signed by the Deputy Director of Medical Affairs, said majority of the staff at the surgical areas are currently self-isolating.
“There has been a recent surge of COVID-19 infections among staff working in the Surgical areas. This has necessitated self-isolation of majority of these staff. Hence a decision has been taken to suspend all urgent cases for two (2) weeks. All emergency cases will continue as before,” the memo said.
SUBJECT: SUSPENSION OF NON-EMERGENCY SURGICAL CASES
The Hospital Administration has decided to suspend non-emergency surgical cases for the next two weeks. This is necessitated by the fact that some staff have been infected with Covid-19.
This measure is therefore to protect our clients and the rest of the staff who are still at post and providing care to patients. The suspension will also enable us reorganize ourselves for the resumption of regular services. Only dire emergencies will be attended to within this period.
We therefore request sister health facilities to refer only dire surgical emergencies (Surgery, ENT, Maxillofacial and Obstetrics) to Korle Bu during the suspension period. Other parts of the Hospital are still in full operation.
Thank you.
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Ghanamatters.com
