More than 3,000 cholera cases have
so far been recorded in the Greater
Accra region alone since July.
Sixteen deaths have also been
recorded in just one week.
Joy News’ Joseph Opoku Gakpo,
who visited the La General Hospital
Tuesday, said 23 cases were
recorded last night alone and
between Saturday and Monday, 74
new cases were received.
He added since the beginning of the
cholera outbreak in July, this year, a
total of 604 cases and eight deaths
have been recorded at that hospital,
out of which three died just last
week.
Joseph continued that the facility
was over stretched with handling the
increasing cholera cases.
The cholera unit at the infirmary, he
indicated, was originally designed to
cater for 13 patients but it now
receives far more than the approved
number.
He observed patients were being
treated on benches and in chairs.
At the Osu Korle Klottey area where
the Ridge Hospital and the Adabraka
Polyclinic are located, a total of 426
cases were recorded in July and in
the early days of August, 202 cases
have been chronicled.
A Physician Assistant, Samuel
Nkrumah Asamoah told Joseph that
even though the hospital staffs were
prepared to manage the cases, they
had no space to admit the patients.
Some patients spoken to expressed
frustrations at the harsh conditions
at the hospital.
Doctors are equally worried about
the situation and have advised the
public to continue practicing
personal hygiene while eating very
hot foods.
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