As Covid-19 cases in the Ashanti Region continue to rise, the Ghana Health Service says it has resorted to relying on peripheral health facilities to support the intake of Covid-19 patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The service, last week, warned that treatment centres would be full if the rate of infections continues to rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking to\u00a0Citi News, the Ashanti Regional Deputy Director of Health Services in charge of Public Health, Dr. Michael Rockson Adjei, said some facilities have been tasked to provide treatment for persons with moderate and mild cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently, the main treatment centres in the Ashanti Region are the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and the Kumasi South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey are not full, but they are hitting the brink,\u201d Dr. Adjei said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have already strategised to take off the pressure from these two facilities so that the periphery; the district hospitals and polyclinics and some private hospitals can also manage cases in a bid to soak up the pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Adjei also called on authorities to extend the enforcement of COVID-19 safety protocols to areas outside Kumasi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe principal thing is to prevent cases or close the tap\u2026 people need to avoid getting infected by observing the protocols,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe need to still step up with strengthening enforcement. We realised that the enforcement is mainly limited to the central parts of the Greater Kumasi area<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf things go on this way, it means that [peripheral] places can also get filled up and then the pressure may come to Komfo Anokye and Kumasi South,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ashanti Region has recorded 19,230 cases of the virus since the pandemic began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In all, Ghana has recorded 109,022 cases of the virus and currently has 6,765 cases after a surge in cases in the last 40 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the beginning of July, Ghana had 1,573 active cases of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source :citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n