The information gathered suggests patients have been left stranded at the Tamale Teaching Hospital following Doctors’ indefinite suspension of emergency and outpatient services.
According to the reports, patients who had arrived early in the morning were met with empty consulting rooms and no medical staff available to attend to their health conditions.
One elderly patient reportedly stated, “We came expecting to see doctors today, but no one is here. There is no information. We are just sitting and waiting,”
The Tamale Teaching Hospital doctors have suspended emergency and OPD services.
According to a press release the doctors are demanding an apology from Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh and Tamale North MP, Alhassan Suhuyini.
On Tuesday, the Doctors’ Association of Tamale Teaching Hospital (DATTH) announced that its members would no longer offer services at the General OPD, Antenatal Clinic, Specialist Clinic, and Paediatrics OPD.
“All members of DATTH have proceeded on an indefinite suspension of all emergency and outpatient services (General OPD, Antenatal clinic, Specialist clinic, Paediatrics OPD),” the Association announced.
“We shall resume provision of emergency and outpatient services after we receive appropriate apologies,” DATTH stated.
The press release also added a list of urgent logistical and infrastructural needs to hospital management which include
- Constant water and electricity supply
- Steady provision of oxygen and critical medical consumables such as gloves, cannulae, syringes, disinfectants, and glucometer strips
- Reagents to keep lab services running
- Vital signs monitors for high-dependency units
- Ventilators for various wards, including neonatal, pediatric, maternal, and emergency units
- Transport ventilators and incubators
- Repairs to essential sterilisation equipment
The Tamale Hospital Doctors’ strike comes following Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, an announcement of the immediate dismissal of Dr. Adam Atiku following a visit to the hospital.
During the visit, the minister raised concerns over how the hospital was being poorly managed, and the recent death of a patient at the hospital attributed to neglect.
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