Defects in ‘sick’ building used as U/E coronavirus centre could kill patients – Report

A report by the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) indicates that the structure used as an isolation centre for the Upper East Regional Hospital in Bolgatanga is a death trap.

According to the report, the building which has not seen any form of renovation for a very long time has deep-seated cracks with several of the roofing sheets rotten giving way for direct sun rays into the building.

The building which is itself sick according to the GBC report can house only four patients but the Upper East region has recorded eight cases with one death and therefore there will not be able to contain the numbers should the region add more.

The building which is located at the Upper East regional hospital is said to have been built some five decades ago and with its deplorable state, pillars holding the building have all be exposed.

Some residents who spoke to GBC News in Bolgatanga said the building needs to be changed because the current building cannot be inhabited by human beings considering their plight at the moment.