Professor Titus Beyuo, Board Chairman of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital and Member of Parliament for Lambussie, remarks on Ghana’s No Bed Syndrome has drawn applause from Minority leader Afenyo-Markin and other MPs.
According to Professor Titus Beyuo, the Health Minister is working on a National Integrated Bed Management and Referral System that will tell the categories of beds that are available in a particular hospital in real time.
Speaking on the floor of parliament, Professor Titus Beyuo stated, “The current Minister of Health had already set in motion a team to solve this situation comprehensively, and they are coming out with a document that is going to look at the National Integrated Bed Management and Referral System coordinating system. This will be back with IT and will allow as at the real time be able to tell the categories of beds that are available in a particular hospital.
This work has been ongoing; it is unfortunate that, while it was in its final weeks, this incident happened, and the minister has asked the group to quicken up their work so that he can make a major announcement on this to bring a comprehensive change that would help us, and it will rope in the ambulance service so when they pick a patient they don’t ask the patient or their relatives or a doctor to tell them which hospital is willing to accept the patient”.
Professor Titus Beyuo further called for the review of the Ambulance Service act arguing that the current scope and run needs to be changed for paramedics to be able to provide basic health care needs in transit.
He further added, “ I will conclude by saying our Ambulance Service, by its act and by its function, may need to be reviewed. Currently, they do scoop and run. What it means is that at an accident scene, they can pick you up, but they cannot even set a simple IV line to give you fluid, this patient who was being moved from Hospital to Hospital if a simple saline was running, this patient could have survived.
The minority leader mentioned his BP at the beginning of Korle Bu when they checked the BP in the ambulance monitor, and it had come down to 84 56, which is someone who is just about dying. So if they could at least set a line and run some fluid in transit, a lot patient will survive. The model that only allows them to scope and run must be changed, and their training must be upgraded so that we have some paramedics who can provide some basic care”.
He further appealed to Health workers to change their attitude, saying, “Attitude is our biggest problem; all of this will not change if the attitude does not change. I am standing on this to appeal to my colleague Health workers, look at that next patients it could be you, it could be your father or your mother. It does not have to be another doctor calling you before you create a bed and accept the patient”.
Some Ghanaians reacting to his submission stated, “Train paramedics better and put one or two doctors on call for them to discuss such cases with them and make a concrete plan while looking for a facility. Case solved!”.
One X user added, “They will still latch onto beds and declare in the system that there are NO-BEDS! The beds are released depending on ‘who you are” This system will solve nothing if the attitude of the workers is not dealt with! No punishment for negligence!”.
A netizen added, “That’s leadership submission right there. The attitude of Ghanaians is one of the main reasons behind most of these terrible situations in this country. Until we change our attitude and mindset, things will continue to get worse than this. It’s just pathetic, are we cursed?”
“I will maintain the steady idea, and that idea will be that a govt should be given more time. More than just 4 or 8 years. Especially this Mahama govt. If this govt goes without completing a whole lot of these visionary projects, we’ll be thrown back into 2007”, another Ghanaian added.
His submission at the end drew applause from the minority leader, Afenyo-Markin and other MPs.
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NDC MP for Lambussie and Board Chair of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Prof. Titus Beyuo says a National Integrated Bed Management and Referral System will be introduced in the hospital
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