General news from Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2021-02-02
Greater Accra Regional Hospital
COVID-19 case management leader at Ridge Hospital, Dr. Emmanuel Ahaible, noted that the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, is running out of oxygen and beds for critical care patients.
He attributed this to the overwhelming cases that the hospital receives daily from people in critical conditions.
Dr. Ahiable, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, noted that intensive care beds in the Ridge Hospital Intensive Care Unit have been occupied since January 8, 2021, with patients who need oxygen while fighting for their lives.
He explained that a patient needs 15 liters of oxygen per minute to survive and some patients can be on oxygen for about 2 weeks, hence the urgent need for the life-saving product.
He stressed that ICU Ridge had to expand its facilities from 8 beds to 16 because of frequent referrals to the hospital.
From March 2020 to January 2021, the Ridge COVID-19 ICU recorded 267 serious cases with 51 deaths.
The data presented by the Ghana Health Service on the country’s case count on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, indicate that 772 new cases have been registered and the number of deaths has risen to 424.
Dr. Ahiable, therefore, appealed to the government and private institutions to donate to the hospital to assist in their work, helping to save lives in abnormal times.