Covid-19 having a strain on Hohoe Municipal Hospital – Medical Superintendent laments LISTEN
JAN 22, 2021
Dr Pius Mensah, the Medical Superintendent of Hohoe Municipal Hospital, has said the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic was a drain on the human resource of the Hospital.
He said some staff of the Hospital had been trained to help in the management of the disease but some of them including orderlies had retired hence creating a gap, which would be difficult to fill immediately to handle the second wave of COVID-19.
Dr Mensah speaking during a Public Health Emergency Committee Meeting, said despite the constraints, “we have to employ casual staff to maintain two COVID-19 facilities; the holding area and treatment centre.