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Korle-Bu Renal Unit may shut down due to indebtedness

Korle-Bu Renal Unit may shut down due to indebtedness

Ghana News, Headlines Today, Health & Wellbeing
The renal dialysis unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) is warning of a possible shutdown due to the facility's inability to raise money to purchase consumables for service delivery.  According to the Head of the Unit, Prof. Vincent Boiman, with every dialysis section, the unit loses GH₵380 which is accumulating as debt. Prof. Boiman says the situation is now affecting service delivery and may lead to the shutting down of the unit. Speaking to JoyNews, he said “Each time, we dialyse one person at GH₵380, we lose another  GH₵380  because the actual cost is more than double what the patients are paying now. We are actually incurring costs which is not being paid for." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDBei8Jp2mk "In terms of improving their quality of life, in ...
What is the Health Minister doing at the ministry? – Mintah-Akandoh fumes

What is the Health Minister doing at the ministry? – Mintah-Akandoh fumes

Features, Ghana News
Ranking Member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has condemned the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu for failing to reopen the Korle Bu Renal Unit. Mr. Mintah Akandoh stated that the Minority Chief Whip had, on the floor of parliament, called on Mr. Agyeman Manu to immediately direct the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to reopen the renal unit; however, the minister has failed to issue the order. The Korle Bu Renal Unit has been shut down since May with hospital authorities blaming the situation on the removal of tax and excise duty exemption on medical consumables. This had created a four million cedi debt for the hospital.https://cdn.vuukle.com/widgets/quiz.html?version=1.11.12Advertisementhttps://b2d627fafc9c26b6bb155e45e2cf2bc9.safeframe.googlesyndication...

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