Patients on admission?at the Tamale Teaching?Hospital (TTH) have?resorted to buying sachet?water for bathing and other?purposes, following acute?water shortage that hit the?Tamale Metropolis a couple?of weeks ago.
Checks by DAILY?GUIDE revealed that both?the underground and overhead?water reservoirs at?the hospital are empty with?no record of the last time?water flowed from the taps?of the facility serving as the?only referral hospital in the?three regions in the north.
As a result, authorities?have been relying on?tanker services from Ghana?National Fire Service, University?for Development?Studies (UDS) and the?Ghana Water Company?Limited (GWCL) to cater?for essential services.
Relation of patients?have however expressed?worry over the situation,?disclosing that it is draining?their finances considering?the number of bags of?sachet water they buy each?day to cater for the use of?their sick relations on?admission.
Authorities of the hospital?who are also worried?about the water shortage?have appealed to the?GWCL to rectify the problem?in order for hospital to?enjoy uninterrupted supply?to improve healthcare?delivery.
Some suburbs of the?Tamale Metropolis have?been without water for?weeks resulting in most of?them drinking from unsafe?sources.
The worse affected?areas include Sabonjiga?Kakpayili, Vittin, Kukuo,?Tuutingli, Lamashegu,?Dohinaayili, Kpambegu,?SSNIT and Bayanwaya.
The Assistant Communications?Officer of Ghana?Water Company Limited,?Nii-Abbey Nicholas,?blamed the problem in the?breakdown of one of the?machines at the treatment?plant at Dalun.
According to him, technicians?were on the site?working to ensure that?water was pumped into?homes any time soon, and?appealed to residents to be?patient while the problem?is finally resolved.
He, however, urged?those indebted to the?GWCL to settle their debt?as it was from such monies?the company relied on in?repairing broken parts
FROM Stephen Zoure,?Tamale
