The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has refuted claims that their only cancer treatment machine has breakdown.
Admitting there was a breakdown, Dr Opoku Ware Ampomah noted it was only one of the multiple cancer machines at the hospital.
According to him, the machine’s breakdown usually disrupts the process, but does not prevent patients from receiving planned treatment.
Dr Ampomah clarified the issue in an interview on Accra-based Channel One TV, stating there has been a misrepresentation.
“That one is also a misrepresentation. We have a number of machines there. It’s like you have a Rolls Royce and a Toyota, you are using both. The Rolls Royce is used when you want to go and flex, so the Toyota is reliable, it always works. So, Toyota has been working, and there’s no issue with the Toyota.
“It’s not like you don’t have a car, so, that is what it was. So, the Rolls Royce broke down, that is the one that is more modern and kind of easier to handle and things like that [the machine]. But then it was fixed within a few days. But the story created the impression that is the only machine, this is the most advanced machine,” he clarified.
Dr Ampomah added that in events of breakdown, alternative measures are put in place.
“What it does is that you have longer queues, but it doesn’t mean that patients are denied treatments. Tell me which organisation has not had a machine breakdown before. The radiotherapy machines are two. Because these machines are very expensive, they cost between $5 million to $10 million or probably more,” he stated.
Source: Adomonline.com
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