37 Military Hospital appeals for support to offer effective care to gas explosion victims

The Administrative Officer of the 37 Military Hospital, Major Richard Okyere Mintah, has appealed for resources and help from Institutions, Individuals and Philanthropists to enable the hospital to offer effective care to the gas explosion victims. 

He said burnt cases take a long time to heal and, therefore, become a burden and an expensive venture on the hospital, hence the need to support the hospital with logistics. 
 
He was speaking to Journalists in Accra after some victims of the gas explosion were sent to the 37 hospital.
 
The incident, which occurred on Saturday evening, claimed seven lives with 132 suffering various degrees of injuries. 

They are receiving treatment at the 37 Military, Ridge, Legon and Korle-Bu Teaching hospitals. 
 
He said the 37 Military Hospital has two patients in the intensive care unit, two in Allied Ward, five treated and discharged, 28 stable but with trauma, and three deaths. 

A Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Ridge Hospital, Dr Emmanuel Srofenyoh said the Hospital has, so far, received 23 victims with three deaths, adding that most of them are on oxygen. 

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