Comments on: Road accidents claim the life of Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, and another 1.3 million people this year http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=275 duncan green poverty to power oxfam development Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:21:47 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Caroline P http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=275&cpage=1#comment-4442 Caroline P Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:55:25 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=275#comment-4442 Story today on IRIN about a hospital in Ghana, with only two doctors, that had introduced a priority programme on maternal health. But it has now had to abandon it because their staff and facilities are taken up with dealing with traffic accidents. Quotations from a doctor at the hospital: "The situation is putting unbearable pressure on the health system, depriving us of resources that would have been channeled into dealing with other pressing health challenges.” And: “We are losing the battle against maternal mortality because of the sheer pressure of accident emergencies." Dr. Dodi Abdallah, Winneba hospital, Ghana. Story: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84828 Story today on IRIN about a hospital in Ghana, with only two doctors, that had introduced a priority programme on maternal health. But it has now had to abandon it because their staff and facilities are taken up with dealing with traffic accidents.

Quotations from a doctor at the hospital: “The situation is putting unbearable pressure on the health system, depriving us of resources that would have been channeled into dealing with other pressing health challenges.” And: “We are losing the battle against maternal mortality because of the sheer pressure of accident emergencies.” Dr. Dodi Abdallah, Winneba hospital, Ghana.

Story: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=84828

]]> By: Toaf http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=275&cpage=1#comment-4195 Toaf Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:13:05 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=275#comment-4195 Sad news, although the story about Tajudeen and your mother brings his image to life. And no, it is no great surprise. During six months in Nairobi I reckon I read news about a road fatality every single day, some of them quite horrific. Sad news, although the story about Tajudeen and your mother brings his image to life. And no, it is no great surprise. During six months in Nairobi I reckon I read news about a road fatality every single day, some of them quite horrific.

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