The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has assured the dialysis centre will resume full operations next week.
In a press release, management said it has secured a significant quantity of essential consumables and is being processed for delivery from the Tema Port.
“To prevent future shortages, and improve our service delivery and cost efficiency, the Minister of Health, Hon Dr Bernard Okoe Roye, has procured 30 additional dialyses machines with a year’s supply of consumables, for Korle Bu.
“The specifications of the new machines will allow us to access their essential consumables from the open market at competitive prices,” the release noted.
The release added that, the Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) and the Ghana Supply Company are collaborating to expedite clearance.
“We anticipate that the outpatient section of our Dialysis Centre will return to full operations early next week. While we had initially hoped to have these supplies cleared from the port two weeks ago, procedural lapses and documentation on the part of the shipping line, unfortunately, caused a delay in the clearance,” the statement read in parts.
The Dialysis Unit has been closed for almost two weeks, leaving patients in urgent need of care with no choice but to seek treatment at costly private facilities.
Those unable to afford such care are left without options, raising serious concerns about the well-being of vulnerable patients.
Meanwhile, management has apologised to patients and clients for the inconvenience caused.
Read the full statement below:
