The Heart for Democratic Motion (CDM) stated the continued closure of Weija Youngsters’s Hospital is a painful image of governance failure.
They accused the federal government of tolerating administrative delays and procurement disputes that undermine important well being care provision.
Talking at a press convention in Accra on Monday, the group’s convener, Samuel Doku, stated nothing displays the contradictions inside Ghana’s governance system extra vividly than the kids’s hospital, which is reportedly accomplished and totally outfitted, however stays inaccessible to the general public.
“That is unacceptable,” the group declared.
Based on the CDM, the continued closure of specialised hospitals comes at a time when many households are struggling to entry pediatric well being providers.
The group argued that the state of affairs represented “not simply administrative negligence, however an ethical and governance failure with direct humanitarian penalties.”
The CDM expressed concern over explanations rising from authorities officers, together with allegations of procurement fraud, disputes between contractors and the federal government, and claims of apparatus value gouging.
“Allegations of procurement inflation, together with stories suggesting that sure gear could also be priced at many instances larger than market costs, are deeply regarding and name for an pressing, clear and impartial investigation,” the group stated.
“Ghanaians deserve solutions. Growth companions want accountability. Taxpayers want transparency. And above all, our youngsters deserve well being care.”
The group criticized the federal government’s gradual motion regardless of repeated assurances that talks to resolve the battle had been persevering with.
“The explanation why accomplished hospitals stay closed isn’t due to infrastructure improvement, however due to administrative paralysis,” CDM pressured.
The group additional warned that the federal government’s lack of ability to resolve procurement and contract disputes inside an affordable time exposes main weaknesses in mission governance and institutional responsiveness.
Along with Weija Hospital, the CDM additionally expressed concern about a number of suspended or non-operational well being services throughout the nation, together with tasks underneath the Agenda 111 program.
The group says many tasks aimed toward strengthening the district’s well being system are at the moment delayed, lack assets or lack clear timelines for completion.
“This raises critical questions on mission continuity, financing, contractor administration and post-construction planning within the well being sector,” the assertion stated.
The CDM referred to as for a full nationwide audit of all Agenda 111 and associated well being tasks, publication of standing stories on completion ranges and funding, and a transparent timeline for stalled services.
The group additionally referred to as for the instant publication of procurement audit outcomes associated to the Weija Youngsters’s Hospital mission.
It additionally referred to as for a “speedy, clear and impartial dispute decision mechanism” involving the federal government and contractors, particularly because the authorities has publicly denied allegations of procurement irregularities by contractors.
“Solely an impartial forensic audit can show the reality,” the CDM insisted.
The group warned that the continued existence of accomplished however non-functional hospitals undermines public belief and defeats the aim of nationwide funding in well being infrastructure.
“The welfare of Ghana’s kids should not grow to be collateral harm to bureaucratic inefficiency,” the group stated.
