Finding a working defibrillator at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Western Region is akin to the 9th wonder of the world.
It is a device that applies an electric charge or current to the heart to restore a normal heartbeat.
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If the heart rhythm stops due to cardiac arrest, also known as sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), a defibrillator may help it start beating again.
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The sole defibrillator in the regional hospital is currently faulty. Even that device was donated by some foreign
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Health workers are distressed and are crying out for a working defibrillator, insisting it is becoming difficult to save patients who are in cardiac arrest.
There is more in the following report by Joojo Cobbinah.
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