The Ghana Health Service has directed regional health units to implement security and patient-care protocols to safeguard vulnerable patients.
The directive has been issued following the baby theft incident which occurred at the Mamprobi Polyclinic.
Issued through a memo dated February 18 addressed to all regional directors, the GHS asked the directors to ensure enhanced staff identification systems (wearing of uniforms and name tags at all times within the facility), dedicated postnatal ward presence, a mandatory discharge verification system, CCTV system upgrade and maintenance and intensified staff training.
The memo, which was signed by the Director General of the GHS, Prof. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, explained that it would ensure delivery of the highest standard of care and prevent the occurrence of such unfortunate incidents in the future.
The Accra Regional Police Command arrested a 33-year-old woman, Latifa Salifu, in connection with the theft of a four-day-old baby boy from the Mamprobi polyclinic.
The baby’s mother reported that a woman dressed as a nurse took her baby for medication and disappeared.
The suspect was caught at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital with a baby believed to be the missing child.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com
