LEKMA Hospital

29 Jul

Electricity Restored At LEKMA Hospital After MP’s Intervention

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Electricity supply to the LEKMA Hospital has been restored after it was cut off on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, due to unpaid bills. The situation forced the hospital to rely on its standby generator for the whole of Wednesday, July 17, 2024, but the intervention of the local Member of Parliament led to the restoration of power at the health facility. This incident has highlighted concerns about funding for hospitals to cover their utility costs. In March, the Ministry of Health issued a statement to assuage fears about potential electricity disconnections at 91 health facilities across the country. Despite this,…

06 Mar

LEKMA Hospital To Produce Oxygen From April

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The Ledzokuku Municipal Hospital (LEKMA) will from April this year begin the production of oxygen at the facility to help save lives, Mr Charles Banafo, Administrator at the Hospital has said. Mr Banafo noted that oxygen continued to be an essential medicine in the provision of health care delivery to the people and that it had become necessary to have an oxygen plant at the facility to assist in quality health care delivery. “In the course of the service delivery, we experience intermittent shortages, where we have to rely on external sources for oxygen, which has not been helpful because…