The ongoing strike by the Ghana Medical Association has forced the Police Hospital to engage the services of volunteers to complement the efforts of the staff of the hospital as patients rush there to seek medical services.
The Police Hospital has also recalled its medical personnel on leave to help manage the influx of patients at the hospital.
The Medical Director of the Police Hospital, Commissioner of Police (COP), Dr Seidu M. Zakariah, made this known when the Minister of the Interior, Mr Mark Woyongo, visited the hospital to assess the level of preparedness of the facility to receive the increasing number of patients.
Accompanied by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Muhammed Alhassan, the minister was conducted round the various units of the facility and also toured some temporary tents which had been put up for Ebola cases but had been prepared to make room for the extra patients.
Dr Zakariah said 30 doctors were on duty at the time of the visit and the medical personnel were working on a 24-hour shift.
He said although the 100-bed capacity hospital was currently not overwhelmed, about 50 more beds had been added to make room for admitting patients.
"We are putting beds in every available space to enable us to take more patients. We are working around the clock," he said.
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