Lack of an X-Ray machine in the female medical ward at Team General Hospital

The female medical ward at the Tema General Hospital does not have an X-ray equipment or other necessary medical supplies, according to Nana Mensima Aikins, senior nursing officer.

When the Tema chapter of the Women Empowerment Foundation International (WEFI) gave various things worth GHC40,000.00 to the hospital's female medical ward, Nana Aikins made this disclosure.

She claimed that because the hospital's only mobile X-ray machine was broken, patients were transported back and forth from their wards to the Outpatient Department (OPD) for X-ray services.

She explained that some of the movements had to be pulled off of medical treatments or supplementary oxygen in order to be carried to the x-ray department either in the open or by ambulance at a cost, which had an impact on their recovery and medical processes.

She explained that because of their severe conditions, it wasn't always necessary to transport patients from their wards, particularly those outside, to the x-ray department, requiring some of them to pay for an ambulance.

"The x-ray is a major component for a doctor to make a complete diagnosis of patients for treatment and healing, so if such facilities are not available to speed up the treatment and medication processes, it becomes difficult even to render further services to the patient," she lamented.

She continued by stating that another gap in the patients' complete diagnoses that would have aided in their treatment was the lack of electronic vital sign hospital monitors in the female medical ward to record patients' pulse and oxygen saturation rates, respiration rate, temperature, and blood pressure.

She stated that it was "difficult to keep track of and record the crucial data required for the diagnosis and therapy" without the patient monitors.

In addition, there were just one adjustable bed and open lockers in the 32-bed female ward, which Nana Aikins regarded as being less than optimal.

She subsequently submitted a request for help from philanthropic organizations like the WEFI and other kind people.

Prior to delivering the donated goods, WEFI replaced all of the hospital's old curtains with new ones and set them in place to give the unit a fresh appearance. These donations included beds, oxygen tanks, plastic and wheelchairs, zimmer frames, bedsheets, water and soft drink bottles, and an adjustable bed.

The deed was a continuation of WEFI's charity endeavors over the previous 15 years and its adoption of the TGH's female medical ward in 2017, according to Mrs. Christiana Agyemang Berko, President of the WEFI chapter in Tema.

The hospital thanked WEFI for their aid and urged other institutions and people to make modest contributions to enable them to provide better services to the neighborhood.