Poor wiring in northern Ghana hospitals lead to frequent fir | Figure 1

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Poor wiring in northern Ghana hospitals lead to frequent fires.

In 2013 the operating theatre at Bongo Hospital suffered an electrical fire that shut it down. In December 2015 we were able to send funds to help reconstruct this facility. Now we’re happy to report that the facility has been reconstructed and is in use again.

In our next update we’ll show how we’ve addressed the frequent electrical fires in this hospital by rewiring the electrical system.

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