The General Overseer of the Calvary Charismatic Center (CCC), Pastor Ransford Obeng, has called on both authorities at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and government to attend to the unfortunate deaths occurring at the main children’s ward at the hospital.
According to him, young and frail kids at the wards were dying at an alarming rate with most of them as a result of their percents inability to cough out monies being demanded for their treatment.
Addressing the church’s congregation last Wednesday at its youth centre, the Reverend Minister narrated how children were dying at the wards during his recent visit.
One parent, he disclosed had told the doctors at the ward to let their six (6) year old die simply because he had no money to pay for the treatment the doctors had requested.
He revealed that distressed doctors at the main ward who cannot bear the sight of losing children they are treating often use their own monies to cater for them.
The church leader described the situation at KATH as so bad, and wondered as to what pertained at facilities located at rural areas where poverty is severe.
He said though many were NHIS registrants, the type of ailment some had are not covered by the scheme.
He wondered why the shame had not made exemptions for children who required special treatment to make them live to influence their generation with the inbuilt talents.
Pastor Obeng posted that the NHIS had been rendered a mere paper at the hospital since laboratory and x-ray tests are not covered by the scheme.
He mentioned the least amount one had to pay for lab and X-ray tests was equivalent to someone’s whole month’s salary with some as huge as GH200.00.
The Gospel Minister rallied government to take charge of the worrying situation at the country’s hospital.
He specifically mentioned the Health Minister to take charge of the situation so as to save the huge numbers that were dying at the facility.
Pastor Obeng urged government to prioritize the health needs of the public rather than investing monies in useless ventures.
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