{"id":436931,"date":"2011-06-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/06\/patients-at-ridge-hospital-pay-to-use-bathroom-facilities\/"},"modified":"2011-06-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T00:00:00","slug":"patients-at-ridge-hospital-pay-to-use-bathroom-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/patients-at-ridge-hospital-pay-to-use-bathroom-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Patients at Ridge Hospital pay to use bathroom facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"45\">Some out-patients at the Ridge Hospital in Accra are reportedly paying to use bathroom facilities there.<\/p>\n<p>The patients say janitors at the hospital force them to pay before using the bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>One lady told Joy News her husband spent a week in the hospital and paid 20p and 50p for using the washroom and for taking a bath respectively.<\/p>\n<p>She doesn\u2019t understand why patients have to pay to use washroom especially when they are forced to pay before they are allowed to use the essential facilities.<\/p>\n<p>A number of other patients on admission at the hospital confirmed the story to Joy News.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital authorities have declined comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Joy News\/Ghana<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View original post here: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Some out-patients at the Ridge Hospital in Accra are reportedly paying to use bathroom facilities there. 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