The shortage of pediatric dialysis machines and essential supplies has tragically resulted in the loss of 15 children at the Tamale Teaching Hospital.
Due to the unavailability of these critical medical resources, healthcare professionals have been compelled to use adult machines, posing an extreme risk to the lives of vulnerable patients.
In an interview, the Nurse Manager of the Tamale Teaching Hospital Dialysis Unit, issued a desperate plea for assistance. He urged the government, individuals, and non-governmental organizations to come forward and provide the urgently needed life-saving equipment and supplies.
Wanzam lamented, “We have lost over 10 to 15 children who were supposed to receive dialysis,” Wanzam lamented. “But for a lack of pediatric machines, we were improvising with the adult machines, and the adult machines and consumables are not for children.”
Highlighting the devastating consequences of this shortage, Wanzam emphasized the profound impact on both the children who lost their lives and their families, who must endure unimaginable pain.
“We are calling on individuals and Non-governmental organisations to come to our aid by helping us acquire these pediatric machines and consumables so that when an innocent child finds him/herself in this situation, the Tamale Teaching Hospital Dialysis unit can be able to rescue them,” Wanzam added.
