Some most cancers sufferers within the nation have been left stranded and hopeless following the breakdown of the one most cancers remedy machine at Korle Bu Instructing Hospital.
A MyJoyOnline report signifies that scores of sufferers who went to the nation’s premier well being facility have been left dissatisfied and unattended to as restore works continued on the machine.
The report quotes the frustrations and fears of a breast most cancers affected person referred from the College of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC).
“I began this journey about two years in the past, treating breast most cancers on the College of Ghana Medical Middle. I initially underwent surgical procedure at UGMC, however after a recurrence, I used to be referred to Korle Bu Instructing Hospital for chemotherapy and radiation remedy,” Sandra informed JoyNews in a phone interview.
“I used to be scheduled to begin my remedy right here at Korle Bu. However after I arrived, I used to be informed that the machine had damaged down. That was a month in the past. I used to be rescheduled for final Thursday to begin my radiation remedy. I managed to obtain remedy on Thursday and Friday, and I used to be alleged to proceed from Monday, each working day, for 16 days, however that has been an enormous problem.
“At the moment marks one week, and I’ve solely accomplished two periods. As I communicate, I’m coming back from Korle Bu; the machine has damaged down once more. I couldn’t obtain my remedy. I’m not simply talking for myself; there are various ladies within the queue ready.”
The disturbing state of affairs, which poses an enormous risk to Ghana’s well being system, was confirmed by Professor Joel Yarney, Head of the Oncology Division at Korle Bu Instructing Hospital, who divulged additional particulars concerning the state of affairs.
He disclosed that the nation has solely two such machines, with the Komfo Anokye Instructing Hospital in Kumasi being the opposite well being facility with the machine.
“We used to have only a handful of instances per day at our facility. Today, we’re seeing a rise within the variety of most cancers instances within the nation, and the sources to take care of it are merely not there. We are actually coping with as much as 60 instances per day, in order that type of strain on a single machine will trigger it to interrupt down,” Prof. Yarney informed JoyNews.
The price of repairing and sustaining such machines can be very excessive, additional complicating the problem.
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