A Leading member of the United Party (UP) Hopeson Adorye has used the debate surrounding the suspension of the KATH CEO to raise broader concerns about patient care in Ghana’s public health facilities.
Speaking on in an interview, he argued that some healthcare workers fail to demonstrate the urgency and commitment expected in emergency situations.
“You chose to be a doctor, a nurse, a midwife and all that. Do the work with some kind of passion,” he said.
Adorye compared the experiences that many Ghanaians had when seeking medical attention with emergency responses in other nations.
“You get to the hospital and the nurse will be sitting down. You rush to them and say there is an emergency. They will not even look,” he stated.
According to him, changing workplace attitudes and service delivery are just as important as infrastructure investments in order to improve healthcare results.
He says that public employees in the health sector need to understand the obligations associated with their line of work.
“We are begging them. Do it with passion,” Adorye said.
His remarks came only days after Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Minister of Health, gave the Board of KATH instructions on June 5 to suspend Dr. Baidoo for two weeks with immediate effect due to the hospital’s declaration of a temporary suspension of emergency admissions.
The directive, which was included in a letter dated June 5, 2026, claimed that President John Dramani Mahama’s directives about the handling of the situation at the facility were at odds with the CEO’s announcement of the temporary halt in emergency admissions.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
