Nurses at the Akrodie Health Centre in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region are forced to use mobile phone torchlight to deliver pregnant women due to lack of a standby generator.
According to the health officials, they always have to rely on lights on their mobile phones to administer healthcare to patients anytime they are hit by power cut.
The midwife-in-charge of the maternity ward at the Akrodie Health Center, Ms. Victoria Pormaa Kyeremaa, said the situation is affecting quality healthcare delivery at the facility.
“Our main problem here is our lighting system,” she said, indicating that “in case there is light off, you have to use your phone light for delivery, which is very bad and unacceptable in the profession.
“We don’t do delivery in darkness, in case there is a problem with the patient, you would not know. There should be adequate lighting before you attend to a patient, it is headache I’m going through as a midwife,” Ms. Kyeremaa lamented.
She appealed to authorities to come to the aid of the health centre.
Source: 3news.com
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''...Ahafo Region are forced to use mobile phone torchlight to deliver pregnant women due to lack of a standby generator.'' Bad english... A pregnant woman cannot be delivered. We deliver babies. Editor correct........
NPP & Nana Akuffo Addo Dankwah government, I thought NPP is a party of smart dudes. They're the brainiest? Will rather elect one who buys 275 business for party headquarter than purchase Honda generators to save lives. To sum up everybody ends up @ 37,Korle bu, flown overseas end of life journey will face death.
Shamefully shameful!! Hospital cant even afford ordinary torch lights or lanterns!!