Keta: Vaccines likely to go bad as ECG disconnects Municipal Health Directorate

The Electricity Company of Ghana has disconnected power to the Keta Municipal Health directorate which also houses a vaccine storage facility for the municipality.

This forms part of a nationwide revenue mobilization exercise being undertaken by the power distributor to recover over 5 billion cedis from its debtors.

The disconnection in Keta has sparked fears that essential vaccines including the recently received vaccines to prevent the three childhood killer diseases are at risk of going bad after some time.

This is in spite of the government classifying some health facilities, including vaccine stores, operating theatres, medical laboratories, designated pharmacies and consulting rooms, as essential and strategic where power outages must not occur.