KATH doctor dies over lack of laboratory for treating ‘heart attack’

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Donatus 5 months ago

Most unfortunate. As for Ghana, it is finished. Even traffic lights we cannot keep them on, let alone laboratory agenda 111.

Most unfortunate. As for Ghana, it is finished. Even traffic lights we cannot keep them on, let alone laboratory agenda 111.
Yaw 5 months ago

The Western countries are not helping us. All we want from them is to block every African politician from seeking healthcare in foreign countries, and suddenly everything will start working out properly.

The Western countries are not helping us. All we want from them is to block every African politician from seeking healthcare in foreign countries, and suddenly everything will start working out properly.
Hanyevi 5 months ago

Working for profit and national development.

Working for profit and national development.
JESUS IS GOD 5 months ago

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Jesus Christ loves you and wants to save you from sin and its consequences. He died on the cross for your sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day. Believe in Him, accept His gift of forgiveness, and receive eternal life! (John 3:16)Bvccgg
Reason 5 months ago

Equipment will not save Ghana.

Were the nurses and PAs all trained in CPR? I doubt it. I doubt if anyone there knew how to administer proper care in those critical moments. He was probably the only person there qualified t ...
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Equipment will not save Ghana.

Were the nurses and PAs all trained in CPR? I doubt it. I doubt if anyone there knew how to administer proper care in those critical moments. He was probably the only person there qualified to save his own life.
Gborlahn 5 months ago

You didn't hear anything apart from CPR. Even nursing students receive training on CPR, how much more doctors. And are you saying that the whole of KATH didn't have anyone with CPR training there? Tso!

You didn't hear anything apart from CPR. Even nursing students receive training on CPR, how much more doctors. And are you saying that the whole of KATH didn't have anyone with CPR training there? Tso!
AGYEI 5 months ago

I worked with Kwame Adu around 2012 to 2015. May his Soul Rest in peace. He was a good Guy.

I worked with Kwame Adu around 2012 to 2015. May his Soul Rest in peace. He was a good Guy.
JIM 5 months ago

I think the people of Ghana have to take to street stopping very Government offical present or passt going out of the country for medical treatment

I think the people of Ghana have to take to street stopping very Government offical present or passt going out of the country for medical treatment
Kwasi Tawiah 5 months ago

Oh Kennedy you will be president of Ghana 37 will never forget you Ghana is proud of you

Oh Kennedy you will be president of Ghana 37 will never forget you Ghana is proud of you
Erik 5 months ago

It's downwright shameful when a major hospital like KATH lack such critical department for the treatment of myocardial infraction. Governments should prioritise critical machines over what they think will win them polical pow ...
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It's downwright shameful when a major hospital like KATH lack such critical department for the treatment of myocardial infraction. Governments should prioritise critical machines over what they think will win them polical power. What will be the usefulness of the agenda 111 if it's not equipped with needed machines to treat patients. Let future leaders think of what is important than what will give them political power.
I-Witness 5 months ago

When luxury cars for the motorcade are the obsession…Study what Ibrahim Traore is doing in Burkina if you don’t know what to do!

When luxury cars for the motorcade are the obsession…Study what Ibrahim Traore is doing in Burkina if you don’t know what to do!
Yaw Wontumi 5 months ago

Ghana was really messed up by one ugly useless old stupid weed smoking ape akuffo addo.
Gbemela akuffo addo
Dzimakpla akuffo addo
Idiot akuffo addo
Nonsense.

Ghana was really messed up by one ugly useless old stupid weed smoking ape akuffo addo.
Gbemela akuffo addo
Dzimakpla akuffo addo
Idiot akuffo addo
Nonsense.
Perocles 5 months ago

Your hatred is unmatched!

Your hatred is unmatched!
Cici 5 months ago

The 56 million dollars used to dig a hole in the name of a cathedral could have provided at least 5 of such laboratories. Think

The 56 million dollars used to dig a hole in the name of a cathedral could have provided at least 5 of such laboratories. Think
KWEKU BOATENG SOFOLINE 5 months ago

@ YAW WONTUMI, Is an Ewe person a human being? very backward, eczema-infested and inward-looking tribe. These foreigners who happen to reside in Ghana are full of hatred, jealousy and envy. Did your useless NDC party construc ...
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@ YAW WONTUMI, Is an Ewe person a human being? very backward, eczema-infested and inward-looking tribe. These foreigners who happen to reside in Ghana are full of hatred, jealousy and envy. Did your useless NDC party construct the lab in all the years they ruled this country? Ayigbe ni aboa.
Akwasi Addai 5 months ago

There are many facilities which our hospitals lack. Instead of furnishing these hospitals to the utmost best the corrupt Akufo Addo government was stupidly talking about Agenda 111, and for five years didn't complete even one ...
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There are many facilities which our hospitals lack. Instead of furnishing these hospitals to the utmost best the corrupt Akufo Addo government was stupidly talking about Agenda 111, and for five years didn't complete even one of them, but because of corruption, dissipated millions of dollars.
King deed 5 months ago

Was agenda 111 not the idea of a former CEO of KATH, an ashanti man too???Asantefoɔ sɛbi gyimii nkoaa.... look at the first class hospitals in Accra! They still want more...Dr. Nsiah Asare was busy digging 111pits for agend ...
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Was agenda 111 not the idea of a former CEO of KATH, an ashanti man too???Asantefoɔ sɛbi gyimii nkoaa.... look at the first class hospitals in Accra! They still want more...Dr. Nsiah Asare was busy digging 111pits for agenda 111....
Yeho 5 months ago

Please upon the money donated to Asantehene last year for his appeal for fund to modernise KATH, nothing to account for? Kumasia's will never learn

Please upon the money donated to Asantehene last year for his appeal for fund to modernise KATH, nothing to account for? Kumasia's will never learn
Kwame not Quame 5 months ago

No wonder you called your sorry self YEHO

No wonder you called your sorry self YEHO
Kwabena Ohemeng,London 5 months ago

And Akuffo-Addo spent 58 million dollars to build the foundation of a Cathedral. And for years KATH hasn't got a lab for treating heart attacks and the result is the death of the doctor. No doubt so many patients have di ...
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And Akuffo-Addo spent 58 million dollars to build the foundation of a Cathedral. And for years KATH hasn't got a lab for treating heart attacks and the result is the death of the doctor. No doubt so many patients have died from a similar situation at KATH.
Zyogote 5 months ago

Even modern children hospital koraa we don't have. For me that hole that caused the tax payer over ghs 51 million shd be use to construct a modern children hospital. That will benefit us immensely. For this tragic loss , i ...
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Even modern children hospital koraa we don't have. For me that hole that caused the tax payer over ghs 51 million shd be use to construct a modern children hospital. That will benefit us immensely. For this tragic loss , i think it is very sad and scary that a specialist will loose his life like this. And if a medical expert is not spared how much more an ordinary Ghanaian like me. So sad indeed
Democrazy 5 months ago

How much will it cost to construct this facility

How much will it cost to construct this facility
Abigail Mensah 5 months ago

Sad

Sad
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Captain Bash 5 months ago

Its most unfortunate yet politicians spend millions of dollars buying SUVs for their personal comfort .God have mercy on this country

Its most unfortunate yet politicians spend millions of dollars buying SUVs for their personal comfort .God have mercy on this country
Aluta 5 months ago

Thank you, Captain Nash. This is what I’ve always been saying.

Thank you, Captain Nash. This is what I’ve always been saying.
TAN 5 months ago

I suspect same circumstances might have killed Akatia MP. Hmmm. Long overdue.

I suspect same circumstances might have killed Akatia MP. Hmmm. Long overdue.
KO so sad 5 months ago

So sad, however, was the proposal for the Bank of Ghana ever sent? Thank you

So sad, however, was the proposal for the Bank of Ghana ever sent? Thank you
King deed 5 months ago

Sɛɛ mo see moagyimi!!! Sika die basa basa!!! What do you use IGF for?? Everything you wait on government to provide!! Crucial surgery and diagnosis that can help raise good money for the hospital, you medical practitioners ...
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Sɛɛ mo see moagyimi!!! Sika die basa basa!!! What do you use IGF for?? Everything you wait on government to provide!! Crucial surgery and diagnosis that can help raise good money for the hospital, you medical practitioners divert to your private clinics where you steal expired drugs and expensive medical equipment from KATH! You've not seen anything yet. You and your stupid conniving nurses
Kwasi Agyeman 5 months ago

The cath lab should be built in every regional hospital instead of buying expensive vehicles for individual government CEOs. This is a preventable death. May his soul rest in peace

The cath lab should be built in every regional hospital instead of buying expensive vehicles for individual government CEOs. This is a preventable death. May his soul rest in peace
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Koti 5 months ago

Karma has a nice way of teaching us lessons. Since that doctor started working at KATH, didn't he know the hospital didn't have CRUCIAL LABORATORY? This should a great lesson to the doctors and politicians in Ghana. The must ...
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Karma has a nice way of teaching us lessons. Since that doctor started working at KATH, didn't he know the hospital didn't have CRUCIAL LABORATORY? This should a great lesson to the doctors and politicians in Ghana. The must know that it can also happen to them. Until this doctor died, did they complain? Would they have complained if the person that died was a palm wine tapper? The life you plan to save today could be your own life tomorrow.
I was at the KATH on 26 June before 6am. They announced that the NHIS network was not working so those with expired insurance and those with the ability to pay were directed to a different window. Those with valid NHIS but we're willing to pay were also asked to join. Patients resorted to calling their family members to send them money. Those with valid NHIS cards but inability to pay were denied health care on that day. I left there around 2pm without seeing a doctor. Our politicians must always learn something from this. It is not every time that they could be flown abroad. If you do good,........
Aluta 5 months ago

Thank you for sharing your experience, Koti! It’s sad to see those situations when a sick person is denied care. I experienced one myself when I had to jump in to pay for some patients who couldn’t afford to pay. It’s r ...
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Thank you for sharing your experience, Koti! It’s sad to see those situations when a sick person is denied care. I experienced one myself when I had to jump in to pay for some patients who couldn’t afford to pay. It’s really sad. Look at the monies that are embezzled by the thieving politicians? And I’m always surprised when some people support those thieving politicians when they are brought before the law to retrieve the stolen monies.
ABREWA 5 months ago

Very sad and pathetic. . But even though we need the Cath labs, the need for learning and providing proper CPR in Heart attacks is more important.
Ghana needs a Ghana Heart Foundation Centre to train and retrain our doctors ...
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Very sad and pathetic. . But even though we need the Cath labs, the need for learning and providing proper CPR in Heart attacks is more important.
Ghana needs a Ghana Heart Foundation Centre to train and retrain our doctors and all hospital staffs.
Odiyifo 5 months ago

Nana Addo's government chose to waste our money on a mosquito infested dugout instead of upgrading our health facilities. They looted the entire national coffers. May Allah punish them one after another for their wickedness.

Nana Addo's government chose to waste our money on a mosquito infested dugout instead of upgrading our health facilities. They looted the entire national coffers. May Allah punish them one after another for their wickedness.
Ernest 5 months ago

Standards standards standards

Standards standards standards
Kingsley Kessie 5 months ago

What a pity to have such critically needed hand die from the lack of such a common facility readily available at cardio-centers abroad. I claim authority to speak to this matter because I happen to be a beneficiary of such in ...
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What a pity to have such critically needed hand die from the lack of such a common facility readily available at cardio-centers abroad. I claim authority to speak to this matter because I happen to be a beneficiary of such intervention in a Hendensonville hospital, Tennessee on February 24, 2022. I pay special tribute Dr. Paul Kodelko who did this procedure on me. Mine was an 80% blockage to what was later to revealed as a “widow maker” : 80% blockage of the left anterior descending blood vessel of the heart.
Preceded by a series of dizziness intermittently over 3 years, the critical day arrived with painful numbness of my left hand and self-drove to the emergency room where I was referred to Dr. Kodelko after all emergency tests and the rest is history.
I was kept overnight overnight for observation after the angioplasty procedure during which a stent was placed to remove the 80% blockage. Thereafter, I was put on Plavix for one year and 81mg asprin for life. It was recommended I do cardio vascular exercise regularly. In my case I have secured for myself a recumbent bike which I ride 30 minutes in the morning and same in the evening. Thank God I am fit as a fiddle 3 years 5 months and counting.
Ghana can provide similar experiences to its citizens in Ghana. Presently, I am in Ghana and not wondering what my fate would have been had I been in Ghana at the time. Lucky me!!
Aluta 5 months ago

This is what I’ve been talking about. Massive corruption has destroyed the country. We allow thieving politicians to steal millions while we cheer them on. When they are held accountable, we riot against their detention. Se ...
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This is what I’ve been talking about. Massive corruption has destroyed the country. We allow thieving politicians to steal millions while we cheer them on. When they are held accountable, we riot against their detention. See this how this brother’s life has been wasted because of a simple health equipment? We have the thieving politicians driving in V8s while we continue to fight among ourselves as party ABC and party XYZ. What type of humans are we?
And a wicked politician was distributing dollars 5 months ago

To equally stupid azaa prophetess. All Ghanaian politicians are corrupt and we the citizenry are equally daft for not caring about the use of our taxes

To equally stupid azaa prophetess. All Ghanaian politicians are corrupt and we the citizenry are equally daft for not caring about the use of our taxes

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