The Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, has suspended two of its staff who have been reported to have engaged in administrative violations which have the tendency of defaming the image of the hospital.
These officers were caught by BBC investigative team “Africa Eye” led by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, purportedly selling personal protective equipment (PPE) belonging to a private person on the premises of the Ridge hospital.
According to reports, their names Thomas Osei, who is Medicine Counter Assistant, and Divine Kumordzi of the Sewing Unit of the hospital.
Per the statement from the administration of the hospital, even though the items did not belong to the hospital and did not also constitute the hospital’s COVID-19 stock, either donated or procured, their action constituted a breach of the Ghana Health Service Code of Conduct.
“As a hospital, we do not encourage this behaviour since it may adversely affect their output and also be misconstrued by the public as items of the facility,” says the statement.
The statement also stated that the management of the hospital stopped the practice immediately it came to its attention and ordered an audit of the stock of PPE before arriving at its judgment.
It added that Thomas Osei was serving a two-week suspension without salary for the inappropriate and unauthorized sale of PPE at the hospital premises.
Divine Kumordzi would refund all money realized with regard to the unauthorized and inappropriate sale of nose masks on the hospital’s premises and further serve a two-week suspension without salary.
Watch video of African Eye’s investigation below:
