A seven-member bed management committee has been established by the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, also known as the Ridge Hospital, to address the problem of “no bed syndrome” in the healthcare facility.
The “no bed syndrome” has been a hot topic over time as a result of some healthcare facilities turning away emergency patients due to a lack of beds, which occasionally results in patient fatalities.
The “no bed syndrome” is progressively disappearing at the facility, according to Medical Director Dr. Emmanuel Srofenyoh, who was speaking during an event to celebrate the Greater Accra Regional Hospital’s fifth anniversary.
“To properly address this, we set up the bed management committee, and they walk around every four hours, identifying the space once there is a bed available somewhere, and they alert the emergency department for patients to be relocated, so we create space within the emergency.”
Therefore, Dr. Srofenyoh explained, “We always have a bed space within the emergency to receive any crises that are transported.