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The Komfo Anokye Hospital in Kumasi has prohibited the use of social media during contact hours.
According to the hospital, this action was done to combat the growing trend of nurses spending more time on TikTok and other sites.
The KATH administration had witnessed how many patients were being neglected while the majority of the nurses were busy on their phones.
According to the hospital’s CEO, Professor Otchere Addai-Mensah, the lives of patients who attend the facility, which functions as a referral hospital, cannot be compromised.
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He said they have blocked the hospital’s “[IT] system to YouTube and other social media platforms to prevent staff from possible loss of concentration on patient care through such platforms.”
At the hospital’s end-of-year performance evaluation meeting in Kumasi, the CEO addressed department and division heads.
As a reminder, Komfo Anokye Hospital is a tertiary health institution located in Kumasi, the capital city of the Ashanti Region in Ghana.
It is one of the largest hospitals in the country and serves as a referral center for the northern sector of Ghana. The hospital was named after Komfo Anokye, a legendary priest who is credited with the founding of the Ashanti Empire.