About 200 workers of the Kwadaso SDA Clinic in Kumasi are remaining examined for coronavirus following the Healthcare Director of the facility died of Covid-19.
Some of them are thought to have appear into call with Dr Harry Owusu Boateng.
The 48-12 months-old died at property on Saturday few times following he complained of staying unwell.
Director of Ghana Adventist Wellness Providers Dr. Paul Amo Kyeremeh who verified his death informed JoyNews the medical doctor tested constructive after his dying.
“It is legitimate that, the Healthcare Director or Medical Superintendent at Kwadaso SDA Clinic in Kumasi has handed away on the 13th June 2020 in the early morning hrs.
When the news was documented to us , a workforce was dispatched to just take a sample to exam to establish what might have allow to the demise and when the final results arrived, it was set up that it was due to Covid-19 yet with underlying overall health or health care disorders,” Dr. Amo Kyeremeh revealed.
In accordance to him, the Ghana Adventist Wellbeing Providers is collaborating with the Kwadaso Municipal and the Ashanti Regional Overall health Directorates to check all the health-related employees which includes those in the late doctor’s health-related team.
Dr Owusu Boateng who is explained by a lot of as one particular of the tough-doing the job doctors has been functioning with the Kwadaso SDA Clinic given that 2013.
His demise did not only arrive as a shock to the health care fraternity, but also the typical general public, specifically clients he has treated.
Dr Amo Kyeremeh certain the general public of their security and quality care right after the hospital’s premises was fumigated.
He mentioned the No encounter mask, no entry, as perfectly as handwashing protocols, are strictly remaining enforced at the facility.
“By the grace of God, our workers they are stable we met them, we have spoken to them and then we have strengthened them.
We’ve also fumigated the hospital-perform is ongoing. Almost everything is below handle.
It is not genuine that we’ve closed Kwadaso SDA Hospital. It is not genuine.”
This is the first time the hospital has recorded a Covid-19 related demise in accordance to Clinical Coordinator, Dr Randolph Baah Adu.
The senior specialist, Obstetrician Gynaecologist also unveiled this is not the first time a clinic personnel has tested favourable for Covid-19 there.
“This is not the 1st time, but this is the initial time that we have expertise the dying from Covid-19 in our facility,” he disclosed.
“Actually this is not the initial time that we are undertaking the screening services for our staff.
In the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, we put steps in place that every 2-weeks, we test our team to make confident that we are harmless so that we can also choose care of those people who seek our products and services,” he continued.
