Yesterday 29th October 2019 was a day that was greeted with a lot of smiles and joy as the Sunyani regional hospital got ready for the 2019 peer review. The peer review is a yearly assessment and examination of all facilities across the nation Ghana and Ghana Health Service in particular to ascertain wether or not they are working within the remits of their professional standards. The Team for the Assessment were selected from the regional health directorate, sunyani Municipal assembly, regional hospital and others from different health facilities across the regional. Some key personalities among the team were Dr. Amo Kodie - the GMA president of Brong Ahafo region, Mrs. Mary Boakye - Chief Nursing Officer( CNO) for Brong Ahafo regional hospital, Dr.Dr. E.K Amponsah - Medical Director of the Brong Ahafo regional hospital, Mrs. Eunice Oppong - Amoah who represented the Nurse Administrator who happens to be a DDNS and the theatre supervisor of the regional hospital. Key areas of assessment we're the external environment of the hospital, state of infrastructure, occupational health practices, staff and client satisfaction, functional information desk, coordination between Public health and clinical care, decontamination procedures, hand washing procedures, delivery sets, dressing sets, emergency services and systems, emergency duty roster, emergency trays, management of Mass casualties, clinical practices, filling and retrieval of folders, Under 5 mortality, maternal mortality, prescriptions, personal protective equipments ( PPEs), sharp box, fire prevention, annual health screening for staff, segregation of waste, availability of adverse register, action plan, strategic plan, minutes of departmental meetings, weekly cash flow, quarterly financial reports, equipment replacement plan, availability of standard guidelines and protocols, stores and supply, medical records. The aforementioned indicators were benchmark for the scoring from 0 to 100%. The hospital scored 79.9% in all the areas of assessment done yesterday. The team hailed and praised the regional hospital for maintaining the high standard of the facility and encouraged it to do more in order to improve upon their marks come next year. The medical director of the facility Dr.Dr.E.K.Amponsah on behalf of management expressed his profound gratitude to all staff, unit heads, heads of departments and all for supporting his administration and encouraged them to do more in order to improve upon good patients outcome. My eye witness and visit to all the departments of the facility saw a great change and improvement in all departments. The medical director enjoins all staff to maintain and sustain the quality health care and not make it just an event but a sustainable change. Key departments that have seen greater improvement is the private ward whose environment and rooms contributes to the recovery process. The best place to receive your best and professional medical care is the Sunyani regional hospital.

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Source : Eye witness news by Rev.Jefferson Agbotro Kwasi