Dr. Frank Owusu-Sekyere, the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital’s (KBTH) acting CEO, has put out a strong caution against stealing vital medical supplies from the hospital.
He disclosed that there has been a serious threat to the provision of healthcare due to instances at the hospital when dishonest people have cut and stolen copper lines that give oxygen to patients in different wards.
During an examination of the hospital’s ongoing rehabilitation efforts, Dr. Owusu-Sekyere voiced worries about the financial strain these cases put on the facility.
“We are more vigilant now. Then to add to it, we are in advance stages of procuring the services of private security to help with the dwindling numbers of our internal security, and if that comes on board, we think that we will be able to secure the place better.”
“We have had to resort to CCTV, but these are not monitored in real time, so something happens, you probably may have an idea who might have done it, but by then, the harm has been caused already.”
“It is ridiculously expensive to fix these copper pipes, so somebody takes a chunk of it for scrap, and we are paying through our noses to have that one fixed. I think the one that we are doing currently is costing us about GHS400,000 for something that somebody may have sold for GHS50,” he said.
Source: newsthemegh.com