Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie, Rating Member of the Parliamentary Well being Committee of the Minority Caucus, questioned whether or not political concerns have been behind the delay within the full operation of main well being services within the Ashanti Area.
He alleged that the federal government was specializing in suspending workers relatively than addressing the basis causes of the “no-bed syndrome” at Komfo Anokye Instructing Hospital (KATH).
Docs on the Komfo Anokye Instructing Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have introduced an indefinite suspension of their apply in protest in opposition to the Minister of Well being’s directive to droop the hospital’s CEO, Dr Pa Kwesi Baidu.
Docs say the minister’s actions in directing the hospital board to droop CEO Dr. Pa Kwesi Baidoo for 2 weeks have been unreasonable and detrimental to efforts geared toward defending affected person care.
Following the suspension of the CEO, the docs made the choice at an emergency assembly on Friday, June 5, 2026.
In a press release launched on Sunday, the minority known as the federal government’s determination to droop the KATH chief government “unlucky, reactionary and fails to deal with the elemental structural deficiencies going through Ghana’s well being sector.”
The lawmaker argued that each preventable lack of life needs to be investigated, however inserting the blame on a single hospital administrator would ignore long-standing points inside the well being system.
He stated the strain on KATH was primarily attributable to delays within the full-scale operation of crucial medical infrastructure tasks.
He cited the 500-bed Afari Army Hospital and the 250-bed Ashanti Regional Hospital, saying each services are geared toward easing the burden on KATH.
“It’s subsequently obscure why the federal government, which has taken over these essential services, would select to droop the hospital CEOs relatively than speed up the complete operation of those hospitals and strengthen the referral system,” he stated.
He identified that the federal government’s personal 2026 funds additionally acknowledges Seua Hospital as one of many main well being infrastructure tasks that requires continued consideration.
He then posed what he described as a thorny query.
“Is it due to political concerns that the federal government can not absolutely run these hospitals?” he requested.
“Many Ghanaians are starting to surprise if the obvious lack of urgency to deliver crucial services like Seua Hospital again to full capability is because of the truth that Ashanti Area is just not thought of a key electoral stronghold of the governing NDC.”
Dr Ayew Afriyie stated the federal government wanted to offer “clear solutions” and show that entry to well being care was not decided by partisan pursuits.
He additionally cited the 100-bed Tolede District Hospital and the 100-bed Kokoben Oforikrom District Hospital, whose development started in 2024, saying they have been constructed particularly to soak up rising affected person demand and scale back strain on KATH.
He stated regardless of vital public funding, the ability stays largely idle virtually two years later, whereas KATH continues to undergo from congestion, overstaffing and a scarcity of beds.
“It’s subsequently troublesome to see how the federal government can justify suspending KATH’s CEO over issues arising from extra demand when two absolutely accomplished 100-bed hospitals, constructed particularly to soak up among the demand, stay unable to offer the companies for which they have been constructed,” he stated.
Rating members argued that the “no-bed syndrome” is essentially not an issue of KATH’s management, however of capability, infrastructure, referrals, and useful resource allocation.
“Punishing one hospital administrator could make headlines, however it will not create further beds, create emergency wards, rent extra specialised workers or decongest referral centres,” he stated.
He known as for the fast reinstatement of the KATH CEO, the pressing operation of the finished hospital within the Ashanti Area, and additional consultations with well being sector stakeholders.
“The well being sector wants options, not scapegoats,” he stated, including that whereas the moratorium could fulfill non permanent political narratives, it can do little to resolve the intense challenges going through well being care supply in Ghana.
