The General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr. Justice Yankson has cautioned against a possible surge in the number of Coronavirus-related deaths in the country.
This, he said may happen because of the overwhelmed health care facilities in the country and an exponential rise in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.
“If we don’t take time and our health system is overwhelmed, a lot of people won’t get access to health care and even the deaths that we are worried about could go up,” he said.
Ghana which had its first two cases on 12th March 2020 has currently recorded 4,700 cases confirmed as of 10th May 2020.
Speaking on The Point of View on Citi TV, Dr. Yankson said, “Gradually every fabric is being affected by COVID-19 in relation to gender, geographical location, among others. When you juxtapose the increasing number to the rate at which we are growing to the sort of [health] facilities we have, then you can realize that we are in trouble.”