Tension is simmering at Asesewa Government Hospital in the Upper Manya Krobo District in Eastern region as staff petition management for immediate removal of the Administrator.
Nurses, Midwives, medics, paramedics at the facility are seething with fury the deteriorating condition of the hospital amid corruption.
According to the angry staff ,the Administrator Joshua Owusu has turned himself to a procurement officer milking the limited financial resources of the hospital.
In a long petition to management of the hospital,the agitating staff made a number of allegations and stressed on the poor working conditions at the hospital affecting quality healthcare.
They stated that due to mismanagement,the hospital always run out of oxygen and chlorine at the hospital hence patients in need are always transferred to Koforidua.
They also said management has failed to change some obsolete equipment such as trolley at the hospital.
“We also need trap door ,beds for night staff to at least rest on .We also need patient’s beds with machinistosh ,we need methylated spirit.Two trolleys for our procedures such as dressing wounds and serving medication not enough. There are also not enough sphygmomanometer and stethoscope.We don’t have trolley for sterilized procedure on the ward .No sterilized gloves for wound dressing
The staff also want recovery unit established and furnished to enhance quality surgical services.
For the concerned nurses and Midwives at the hospital ,they are demanding probe into the whereabout of old ambulance donated by KOICA ,a pick up vehicle and scraps that have disappeared at the hospital”.
They are also calling for accountability into donations by corporate organizations to the hospital.
The midwives at the hospital are also demanding renovation of the maternity unit to “fix roofing leakages , deplorable taps , tattered doors, provision of additional four t and cardiac tables, “we need securities at every unit on post to ensure safety and order at work.we also want night supervisors for marking reports as done elsewhere .No creche for our nurses and Midwives who are now nursing mothers since they are prohibited from bringing their wards to work,so we want management to provide with creche .They complain that there is no one to care for their children at homes yet they are prohibited”
The radiology department is also demanding on duty allowance and additional staff to run the unit .
Meanwhile , the staff want management to explain the circumstances about the sudden exit of a one of the few Doctors and Anesthetist -Dr.Rauf and Robert Assifua .
The workers are threatening to lay down their tools if their demands are not addressed.
The administrator of the hospital Joshua Owusu however denied the allegations .
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Obed Ansah
