Korle Bu Suspends Non-Emergency Surgeries Over Covid-19 Fears
Some staff in Korle Bu have tested positive for the covid-19 disease
Jonas Danquah 
The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has suspended non-emergency surgical after some of its staff contracted the coronavirus disease.
The suspension will be in effect for two weeks.
A statement from the hospital said the move is to “protect clients and the rest of the staff who are still at post and providing care to patients.”
“The suspension will also enable us reorganize ourselves for the resumption of regular service” it added.
For the time being, only emergency services will be attended to.
The statement hence asked other health facilities “to refer only dire surgical emergencies (Surgery, ENT, Maxillofacial and Obstetrics) to Korle Bu during the suspension period.”
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Meanwhile, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) wants a review of the country’s strategy for combating the COVID-19 in order to arrest the alarming rate at which the disease is spreading in the country.
The GMA says the increasing numbers was having a heavy toll on its already overstretched members
