{"id":4429,"date":"2024-09-03T00:50:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T00:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=4429"},"modified":"2024-09-03T00:50:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T00:50:34","slug":"korle-bu-officials-deny-mintah-akandoh-access-to-inspect-faulty-elevator-asking-who-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=4429","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Korle-Bu officials deny Mintah Akandoh access to inspect faulty elevator, asking &#8216;Who are you?'&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/09\/52829599.295.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4430\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the news that the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital had suspended emergency surgeries in the surgical department due to malfunctioning elevators, the Ranking Member of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parliament<\/a>\u2019s Health Committee,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=2956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kwabena Mintah Akandoh<\/a>\u00a0carried out an unannounced inspection on Monday, September 2.<br><br>However, he was prevented by authorities at the Department of Surgery at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) from undertaking the exercise.<br><br>He was confronted by Dr. Adu Aryee, the head of the department, who questioned his identity and authority to conduct the visit without prior notice.<br><br>\u201cI don\u2019t know you. Who are you? Do you have any letter introducing you? I have never met you in my life,\u201d Dr. Aryee said, expressing surprise at the MP&#8217;s unannounced visit.<br><br>Akandoh attempted to explain his presence, stating, \u201cI am a Member of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parliament<\/a>. It has come to my attention that the lift at the surgical block is not working, so, I have come to see it for myself.\u201d<br><br>Following the altercation, Akandoh addressed the media, expressing his frustration over the encounter.<br><br>He explained that his visit was prompted by public reports indicating that Korle-Bu had indefinitely suspended elective surgeries due to faulty elevators.<br><br>\u201cIt is rather unconscionable for a whole hospital, a teaching hospital such as Korle-Bu, to neglect its duty in maintaining a lift to facilitate the movement of patients to receive the quality healthcare they need,\u201d Akandoh said.<br><br>He further criticized the hospital&#8217;s handling of the situation, noting that some of the lifts had been out of service for four to five years.<br><br>Akandoh called on the government and the Minister of Health to address the issue immediately, demanding that surgeries resume within the next 24 hours.<br><br>\u201cWe cannot accept this reason for suspending surgeries indefinitely,\u201d he stated.<br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the news that the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital had suspended emergency surgeries in the surgical department due to malfunctioning elevators, the Ranking Member of\u00a0Parliament\u2019s Health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4431,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429\/revisions\/4431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}