Dr. Kuma-Aboagye noted that measures have been put in place to address any potential disaster in the wake of the surge in new cases of the pandemic. Reacting to reports that there are no beds in the ICU in the country to admit critical patients, Dr. Kumah-Aboagye explained that the reports are untrue and must be disregarded. For example, Ridge Hospital has 16 ICUs beds but as we speak, they only have three occupants. There is a plan to upgrade further with support from the COVID-19 Fund the ICU capacity at the Ridge Hospital. “So far, with our collaboration with Zipline, we have the capacity to store about 1.7 million doses.

Source: GhanaWeb July 15, 2021 15:09 UTC