The government is dedicated to finding a solution to the electricity issue at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, according to Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye, the minister-designate for health.
On Monday, April 29, news reports surfaced stating that major procedures had to be postponed because of power disruptions.
Because of the circumstances, some patients—including those with brain tumors—were sent back to their original wards.
The hospital’s management refuted reports that power outages were occurring at the facility in a news release on Tuesday, April 30.
Declaring that the government is committed to finding solutions, Dr. Okoe-Boye stated that he was at the plant on Monday to see some works and speak with management, and that he was made aware of the reports shortly after he left.
“Yesterday, I was in Korle Bu and spent about five hours and had engagements with management and from there we visited a GH¢25 million and 35 million Euros centre and when we left, we heard that surgeries had been cancelled because of power outages.
“Korle Bu is not a small hospital, it oversees over 2,000 OPD cases a day and 200 admissions a day. Unfortunately, we create the impression that everything is failing. Korle Bu has standby generators.”
“The theatre has its own gen set and the other units at Korle Bu also have their own gen sets. The point I want to make is that we are assuring that the Ministry is going to work to ensure that all the other units that have power challenges have those challenges addressed,” the Health Minister-designate added.
