BEREKUM EAST MP VISITS ISOLATION CENTRE.
The MP for Berekum East Constituency in the Bono Region, Hon. Kwabena Twum - Nuamah who also double as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health has today 20th April, 2020 visited Holy Family Hospital to monitor the progress of work at the isolation Center sited at the hospital.
The government in the fight against Corona virus selected the hospital fever unit as an isolation Center to combat the virus in the Bono Region.
Hon. Dr. Kwabena Twum-Nuamah was welcomed by the hospital administrator, Rev. Sister Reena V. John and her management to assess situation at the hospital.
The administrator emphasized on some of the challenges currently faced them as an isolation Center. She said though they have presented their budget to the MP, they need enough Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) to fight the disease. Adding that ventilators, overalls, boots, shields, nose marks and others are what they may require for in case someone is recorded positive at the hospital. She said the facility is ready to undertake any mandate assigned to them.
Dr. Kwabena Twum-Nuamah commended the hospital working staff most especially the rapid response team for their preparedness to handle Corona virus in Berekum and its environs in case a case is recorded.
He said measures are in place to support the hospital to fight the disease. Adding that as chairman of health committee and also a member of finance committee in parliament, he will use all means available to him to secure more PPE's as the hospital is demanding to fight Covid 19.
After visiting the isolation center, he said the selection of a center comes with a lot of machines and equipments and the hospital will never be left out therefore we should all be calm and pray that no case will be recorded in Berekum and its environs.
The MP donated to the hospital a gun thermometer and 1000 pieces of examination gloves and promised to give more on his next visit.
He urged the hospital staff to keep on dedicating their lives to the work of saving mankind and humanity in times like this.
He concluded by saying that, the adherence to protocols is a must and the public should not compromise with it since it is the only way to defeat the spread of the virus.
Story by Opamago Paparichy, Berekum.
The MP for Berekum East Constituency in the Bono Region, Hon. Kwabena Twum - Nuamah who also double as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health has today 20th April, 2020 visited Holy Family Hospital to monitor the progress of work at the isolation Center sited at the hospital.
The government in the fight against Corona virus selected the hospital fever unit as an isolation Center to combat the virus in the Bono Region.
Hon. Dr. Kwabena Twum-Nuamah was welcomed by the hospital administrator, Rev. Sister Reena V. John and her management to assess situation at the hospital.
The administrator emphasized on some of the challenges currently faced them as an isolation Center. She said though they have presented their budget to the MP, they need enough Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) to fight the disease. Adding that ventilators, overalls, boots, shields, nose marks and others are what they may require for in case someone is recorded positive at the hospital. She said the facility is ready to undertake any mandate assigned to them.
Dr. Kwabena Twum-Nuamah commended the hospital working staff most especially the rapid response team for their preparedness to handle Corona virus in Berekum and its environs in case a case is recorded.
He said measures are in place to support the hospital to fight the disease. Adding that as chairman of health committee and also a member of finance committee in parliament, he will use all means available to him to secure more PPE's as the hospital is demanding to fight Covid 19.
After visiting the isolation center, he said the selection of a center comes with a lot of machines and equipments and the hospital will never be left out therefore we should all be calm and pray that no case will be recorded in Berekum and its environs.
The MP donated to the hospital a gun thermometer and 1000 pieces of examination gloves and promised to give more on his next visit.
He urged the hospital staff to keep on dedicating their lives to the work of saving mankind and humanity in times like this.
He concluded by saying that, the adherence to protocols is a must and the public should not compromise with it since it is the only way to defeat the spread of the virus.
Story by Opamago Paparichy, Berekum.
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