{"id":5683,"date":"2024-05-13T13:07:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T13:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=5683"},"modified":"2024-05-13T13:07:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T13:07:43","slug":"cost-of-dialysis-at-korle-bu-teaching-hospital-increased-to-ghc491","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=5683","title":{"rendered":"Cost of dialysis at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital increased to GHC491"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dozens of dialysis patients have been forced to skip their life-saving treatments due to an increase in cost.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The price hike, from 380 to 491, has rendered the treatment unaffordable for many, plunging them into a desperate situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These patients, already grappling with the challenges of managing their health conditions, now find themselves in an impossible dilemma<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What makes this situation even more distressing is the knowledge that the cost increase was approved by Parliament. For these patients, it\u2019s a bitter pill to swallow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of dialysis patients have been forced to skip their life-saving treatments due to an increase in cost. The price hike, from 380 to 491, has rendered the treatment unaffordable for many, plunging them into a desperate situation. These patients, already grappling with the challenges of managing their health conditions, now find themselves in an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,13],"tags":[1974,1973],"class_list":["post-5683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-health","tag-korlebu-teaching-hospital","tag-cost-of-dialysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5685,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5683\/revisions\/5685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}