Bawumia’s Health: Politicians lack confidence in state health facilities-GMA
Dr Frank Serebuor, the Vice President of the Ghana Medical Association GMA) has stated that the actions by some politicians by flying out of the country to receive medical care in case of emergency has shown that they lack confidence in the facilities the country has.
Speaking on Abusua FM, Dr Serebour said that expressed his anxiety over the fact that the country have the facilities that could be used to attend the health issues the country suffers and yet the leaders choose to leave the country to seek medical help in foreign countries.
He sighted an example with regards to the former minister for finance Kwadwo Baah Wiredu, saying the medical attention he went to seek in South Africa that led to his demise could have been solved at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
He said, “I am worried because it has become the practice that anytime a politician is sick, he or she is easily flown outside the country for medical treatment and a critical example is that of our late finance minister, Kwadwo Baah Wiredu who was taken to South Africa.
“But I can tell you that, the procedure our late Finance Minister undertook in South Africa is done more than twenty times a day at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi here and no single death has been recorded”, he revealed.
The GMA Vice President makes this comment with regards to the current condition of the Vice President Dr Bawumia who has been flown out of the country to receive medical attention.
He has said that the country has raised some of the finest medical practitioners who have been tasked with the responsibility of providing medical care for the country and yet the leaders do not trust the services of the medical services in the country.
“So with this, what it means is that our politicians do not have confidence in the healthcare system they created for our people and it’s a cause for worry.” Dr Serebuor added.
He further stated that the situation is born out of the fact that the politicians have failed to invest in the health sector.
“Over the years, politicians have failed to do the right investment in our health sector so they have the notion that we don’t have the needed facilities and machines to treat them.
“Sometimes people die because of Oxygen so you ask yourself what if I go to such hospitals and there are no Oxygens, how d we survive since the government hasn’t provided enough to cater for its growing health needs,” he said.
The Vice President Dr Bawumia was sent to the United Kingdom for medical attention on Friday January 19 2018, and this has attracted a heavy mix feelings among the citizens of Ghana with some demanding to know about the current condition of Dr Bawumia.
Ghanaguardian.com
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