Health workers at the Renal Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), have raised concerns about shortages of critical medical equipment, saying this is affecting patient care.

Speaking to the media during a donation to the unit by the Asi Kidney Health Group Foundation, the Nurse Manager and Child Health Directorate representative, Barnabas Raymond Manlokiya, emphasised that the lack of monitors, beds and other essential tools is placing significant pressure on service delivery.

He noted that the situation is making it difficult for staff to provide optimal care to patients receiving renal treatment at the hospital.

"As renal unit specifically we need patients monitors, they are those machines we use to know what is happening to the patients, whether he is improving in the care or he is deteriorating, so these are the key instruments that we need to be able to monitor our patients.

"We need cardiac monitors, weighing scales, BP apparatus, we need beds some of our beds are not good enough to be able to receive the patients," he said.

He added that some medication is expensive, making it difficult for some patients to afford their treatment.

He also explained that some patients are unable to settle their medical bills even after receiving care, resulting in them spending around a week or even several months in hospital after treatment.

He further stated that some children also lack specialised nutritional support needed to help them recover quickly, which he said is worsening conditions and care delivery.

He called on the government, stakeholders, organisations and individuals to support the unit with equipment to enable smoother and better medical care.

"Some of the medication are so expensive, some of the patients find it difficult to purchase them, some of the patients they come in they are admitted and at the end of their treatment they are not able to settle their bills and you find patients who are discharged and they will stay in the hospital for weeks and even months," he said.