The Head of the Orthopaedic Unit on the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Dr Michael Lit, has raised considerations over the emerging selection of orthopaedic sufferers, attributing the surge to the expanding fee of highway injuries.

According to him, the ward is witnessing an important inflow of sufferers, with the bulk being younger other folks, in particular business tricycle operators, popularly referred to as ‘Pragia’ riders.

He disclosed this in an interview with Adom News all the way through a donation workout via the Assembly Member for Manso Takorase, Dominic Bonsu, who offered clinical apparatus to the unit to fortify high quality healthcare supply.

Dr Lit prompt drivers and ‘Pragia’ riders to strictly adhere to highway visitors laws to assist scale back the alarming pattern.

“If you visit the Orthopaedic Ward at Komfo Anokye, you will realise that the wards are becoming overcrowded because many young people engage in reckless driving, which often results in road crashes,” he lamented.

He additional famous that probably the most primary demanding situations confronting the unit is insufficient area to house sufferers, particularly the ones affected by fractures.

“Our biggest challenge has to do with space. We need more room to properly manage patients with fractures, but currently, we are forced to manage with the limited space available,” he added.

Speaking on his motivation for the donation, the Manso Takorase Assembly Member, Dominic Bonsu, emphasized that executive by myself can not shoulder the accountability of nationwide innovation tools, and due to this fact known as on folks and philanthropists to beef up well being amenities.

“I donated items including a standing BP apparatus, dressing trolley, wheelchairs, bed frames, and a vital signs monitor to improve healthcare delivery at the facility. In addition, I paid GH¢12,000 to secure the discharge of a patient who had remained on admission due to financial constraints,” he mentioned.

Mr Bonsu additional printed plans to make a significant donation to the clinic within the close to long run to additional beef up high quality healthcare supply.

“We do not know when or how any of us may become patients here one day, so it is important that we all contribute our quota to support the hospital,” he mentioned.

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