Cancer patients who visited the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have been left stranded following the protest by the Medical doctors at the Oncology Department of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) over the delay in fixing a critical equipment needed in service delivery.
The Linear Accelerator System used for radiotherapy services has been malfunctioning since October 2023, adversely impeding the diagnosis and treatment of cancer cases.
According to management, the machine has been repaired but remains non-operational due to delayed access to a water phantom needed to calibrate the system.
But the doctors say they are frustrated by the delay in fixing the equipment.
Some of the patients who came across different places speaking to the media said, patients who are on drugs will be taken care off while those who receive their monthly medicines were sent home to continue taking their medicines until further notice.
They’re pleading with the government to as a matter of urgency come to their aid and solve all their problems
very soon.
