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We’re Out Of Oxygen; Don’t Fall Sick, Government Can’t Help You – Infectious Disease Centre Warns Ghanaians
The Ghana Infectious Disease Centre has cautioned Ghanaians to be weary of contracting the Coronavirus.
According to the Centre, Ghana’s health system has run out of oxygen and the needed personnel therefore citizens would have no one to their rescue should they contract the virus.
This caution comes after the country’s active cases shot to 2,314 in the last two weeks.
Acting Director of the Centre, Dr Joseph Oliver-Commey said “the only reason you can take patients into your ICU is when you have oxygen and adequate staff to handle them. At the moment we are constrained by lack of oxygen and it is not only the infectious disease centre, almost all the ICU centres are constrained by oxygen including the use of high flow oxygen, very expensive that patients cannot afford.”
He added “we are not saying we can’t look after the patients but the things to use to look after them, the nurses, the oxygen is a problem. You narrow it down only to oxygen, I said oxygen plus the personnel, so I could have the oxygen but not the personnel and if I don’t have the personnel, why do I put a patient on the bed?”<
“This is my humble plea to all Ghanaians, if you fall sick and you fall severely ill, government cannot help you, I would not be able to help you and so is your next door neighbour, so consciously prevent yourself from getting Covid-19.”
