How three 'big' hospitals defied GHS directives and left a hit-and-run victim to die

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Dr Mumbi Seraki 22 hours ago

Hello youth of Ghana...........you can take your own life with medicine.... For instance 15 paracetamol at once.....or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.

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"Where we spend eternity matters, and the lives we lead now determine that future. Take a second to check in with yourself—do your words and actions align with where you want to go? Heaven or hell? You have the chance right ...
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"Where we spend eternity matters, and the lives we lead now determine that future. Take a second to check in with yourself—do your words and actions align with where you want to go? Heaven or hell? You have the chance right now to start over. By believing in Jesus and living for Him, you can let love lead the way in your life."
The Motherland 21 hours ago

See this alien aka MUMBI SERAKI. Humans are commenting here and he is also comming to comment some. Akaii!!

See this alien aka MUMBI SERAKI. Humans are commenting here and he is also comming to comment some. Akaii!!
Kwame King 15 hours ago

Parliament must pass an ACT NOW to criminalize no bed syndrome. No more directives. As a country we must hold our law makers accountable for this action. We need an ACT now

Parliament must pass an ACT NOW to criminalize no bed syndrome. No more directives. As a country we must hold our law makers accountable for this action. We need an ACT now
Sammy Gyamfi 15 hours ago

It's time we as a people demand justice from our so called leaders. I lived in south Korea, the health minister would.have resigned, followed by the DG of the GHS. We don't hold people accountable for their office and duties. ...
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It's time we as a people demand justice from our so called leaders. I lived in south Korea, the health minister would.have resigned, followed by the DG of the GHS. We don't hold people accountable for their office and duties.
If KPIs were demanded from state appointees and officials they will go down and ensure their directives are followed.
So sad that a young man had to loose his life because he wasn't a politician. God save us.
The Spear 2 hours ago

I will always recall this:
When the destitute-brained Akufo-Addo and the idiotic band of NPP leaders earmarked over $500 million for a Cathedral no one needed and wasting $100 million building its foundation, Morocco build ...
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I will always recall this:
When the destitute-brained Akufo-Addo and the idiotic band of NPP leaders earmarked over $500 million for a Cathedral no one needed and wasting $100 million building its foundation, Morocco build a 867-bed state-of-the-art hospital featuring modern architecture, advanced medical technology with a helipad, for only $280 million! Go find the problem: The black man! And we want respect from the world, right?

Even electing Akufo-Addo wass problematic in the first place and demonstrates our lack of wisdom and intelligence. The man shouldn't even have been the flag bearer of any party.
Kwasi Addai 3 hours ago

Ghana is a funny country. When Akufo Addo was transporting stones from Israel in charted planes, nobody reminded him that our hospitals needed expansion. When he was digging a hole with millions of dollars, nobody uttered a w ...
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Ghana is a funny country. When Akufo Addo was transporting stones from Israel in charted planes, nobody reminded him that our hospitals needed expansion. When he was digging a hole with millions of dollars, nobody uttered a word because he had introduced free SHS. When he shamelessly started the so-called Agenda 111 without securing the necessary funds there wasn’t a single wise person in the country to caution his stupidity. Ghana is now in a mess.
Phila phila 23 hours ago

This will only happen in Mahama's presidency

This will only happen in Mahama's presidency
Insensitive politicians 20 hours ago

.....and Bagbin wants to build a new chamber for the comfort of the few ruling when the masses are dying because of lack of basic healthcare? May God forgive them. I'm deeply pained by this story. May his rest with the Lord.

.....and Bagbin wants to build a new chamber for the comfort of the few ruling when the masses are dying because of lack of basic healthcare? May God forgive them. I'm deeply pained by this story. May his rest with the Lord.
Koo Dwomo 15 hours ago

How can access to a bed in an emergency care unit deny a dying patient treatment? My common sense is telling me that, the facility could take the patient in, give him/her the needed treatment, transport him/her to his own hom ...
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How can access to a bed in an emergency care unit deny a dying patient treatment? My common sense is telling me that, the facility could take the patient in, give him/her the needed treatment, transport him/her to his own home to rest comfortably with a nurse and the most needed critical equipment. This can save his/her life. You don't need rocket health management science to teach you this.
Kwame King 15 hours ago

We need the parliament to enact a law now to criminalize this insensitivity to hold anyone who turns away patience for any reason accountable. This is what I expect from save Ghana movement. Barker Vemawo, this is more impor ...
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We need the parliament to enact a law now to criminalize this insensitivity to hold anyone who turns away patience for any reason accountable. This is what I expect from save Ghana movement. Barker Vemawo, this is more important and easy to bear fruit than Galamsey fight.
Kwaku Adjei 20 hours ago

You are a compound fool. @ phila Phila

You are a compound fool. @ phila Phila
Jabeto 19 hours ago

When you see useless comments like this, you will l understand why Ghana is still suffering. Is either you lack sense of reasoning to even comprehend or you are Ignanimously ignorant to the extent that you didn't even underst ...
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When you see useless comments like this, you will l understand why Ghana is still suffering. Is either you lack sense of reasoning to even comprehend or you are Ignanimously ignorant to the extent that you didn't even understand that the issue of the 70 year old man didn't happen under Mahama. In any case, does it matter under whose jurisdiction this happened? Those in charge of those hospitals must be made to answer for this occurrence. If they must be sacked, so be it. Let's stop this childish politicking and hold people accountable for their actions.
Kofi 18 hours ago

True, but someone sunk millions of dollars in the ground in the name of building church for God

True, but someone sunk millions of dollars in the ground in the name of building church for God
ASEMPA 16 hours ago

Fat liar, my sister in-law died at Korle-Bu in 2018 due to no bed syndrome and In 2019 my elder brother died in the same Korle-Bu for the same reason so what are you saying.

Fat liar, my sister in-law died at Korle-Bu in 2018 due to no bed syndrome and In 2019 my elder brother died in the same Korle-Bu for the same reason so what are you saying.
Mike 22 hours ago

VERY SOON YOU WILL SEE ALL THESE STUPID BOYS AND GIRLS WHO COULDNT EVEN PASS THEIR WASCE EXAMS AND SAW NURSING TRAINING AS A PLACE THEY CAN JUST GO AND DUMP THEMSELVES SHOUTING ON THE THE ROOF TOPS THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD INCR ...
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VERY SOON YOU WILL SEE ALL THESE STUPID BOYS AND GIRLS WHO COULDNT EVEN PASS THEIR WASCE EXAMS AND SAW NURSING TRAINING AS A PLACE THEY CAN JUST GO AND DUMP THEMSELVES SHOUTING ON THE THE ROOF TOPS THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD INCREASE THEIR SALARIES AND GIVE THEM MORE ALLOWANCES TOO..., MEANWHILE, YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL WITH AN EMERGENCY AND THESE MOTHERFUCKERS ARE SITTING DOWN UNCONCERNED AND THEY'RE JUST WATCHING TIKTOK VIDEOS ON THEIR CHEAP ITEL FONES
Yeboah 17 hours ago

You have said it all bro.God bless you

You have said it all bro.God bless you
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Betty 22 hours ago

l believed the minister for health will take action since the dead can not be brought back to life.
so sad

l believed the minister for health will take action since the dead can not be brought back to life.
so sad
Rackus 22 hours ago

3 hours? He could easily have survived! Do we value human life at all? What a way to die?

3 hours? He could easily have survived! Do we value human life at all? What a way to die?
Koo Nimo 22 hours ago

The hospitals involved should be charged with corporate manslaughter

The hospitals involved should be charged with corporate manslaughter
Kofi YoHannes (Houston Texas) 22 hours ago

The lack of accountability in this country is very sickening.
Heads of the three hospitals must be held responsible and someone needs to be penalized for the incompetence and gross violation of a policy directive.
We need ...
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The lack of accountability in this country is very sickening.
Heads of the three hospitals must be held responsible and someone needs to be penalized for the incompetence and gross violation of a policy directive.
We need to prioritize the expansion or building of new health facilities to meet growing demand. The La General hospital project is still hanging. I was thinking this new administration would prioritize it for the hood people of La. They voted massively for this ndc government partly because of the display of incompetence on that project by the npp.
God save Ghana.
Kelvin 22 hours ago

God help our mother land ghana

God help our mother land ghana
PK 22 hours ago

This is a national disgrace if true. There has to be more to this story because it doesn't make sense! How can these three hospitals turn down treatment an accident victim?

There has to sacking. Those responsible need to ...
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This is a national disgrace if true. There has to be more to this story because it doesn't make sense! How can these three hospitals turn down treatment an accident victim?

There has to sacking. Those responsible need to be sued.
Asakramitoga 21 hours ago

What a callous attitude

What a callous attitude
KB 21 hours ago

The national cathedral site should be turned into a major Accident and Emergency centre in Accra,The population is increasing and the existing facilities cannot cope .Stop blaming health personnel.The self centered politicia ...
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The national cathedral site should be turned into a major Accident and Emergency centre in Accra,The population is increasing and the existing facilities cannot cope .Stop blaming health personnel.The self centered politicians and those always supporting them are to blame.
Kk 20 hours ago

That,s NDC government ressetting agenda for u

That,s NDC government ressetting agenda for u
Name 19 hours ago

IDIOT !!

Do you know the quantity of hospital beds that the USD 58 million that Akufo Addo put into the national cathedral manhole could have bought?

Taking a single bed to cost USD 5000 (much exaggerated!!), that amoun ...
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IDIOT !!

Do you know the quantity of hospital beds that the USD 58 million that Akufo Addo put into the national cathedral manhole could have bought?

Taking a single bed to cost USD 5000 (much exaggerated!!), that amount wasted in the cathedral manhole could have bought 11.600 (Eleven thousand six hundred) hospital beds.

Meanwhile, when the 70 year old man died under similar circumstance, who was in power?

It appears that you put your brains aside when you begin talking/writing.
Ebenezer 20 hours ago

When these things happen, the people at the top will issue long statements to assure the populace that things have been put in place to prevent future occurrence. No one gets punished for these negligences. What happened to ...
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When these things happen, the people at the top will issue long statements to assure the populace that things have been put in place to prevent future occurrence. No one gets punished for these negligences. What happened to the Medical Director of Winneba who supervised the dumping of a patient in the bush. Ghanaians have been so wicked only chasing money .We will all pay for actions and inactions
People should be jailed 19 hours ago

Until somebody from these hospitals is jailed, that stupid and primitive behavior will not change. Why is Ridge Hospital always in the news for bad behavior. The Ministry of Health should launch a through investigation on the ...
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Until somebody from these hospitals is jailed, that stupid and primitive behavior will not change. Why is Ridge Hospital always in the news for bad behavior. The Ministry of Health should launch a through investigation on the practices in that Hospital. You hear doctors there engaging in scams to compel patients to spend large sums of money they shouldn't be spending and flouting Health Ministry directives without consequences.
King P 19 hours ago

When incidents like this happen, we need to go out and protest against the government, otherwise, it will happen again and again

When incidents like this happen, we need to go out and protest against the government, otherwise, it will happen again and again
Kwame Peter 19 hours ago

Kwaku Adjei,your comment cannot come from a Kwaku Adjei,be bold and write your comments under your real named,don't hide under the anonymity of social media and insult your betters,what exactly has John Mahama done for you pe ...
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Kwaku Adjei,your comment cannot come from a Kwaku Adjei,be bold and write your comments under your real named,don't hide under the anonymity of social media and insult your betters,what exactly has John Mahama done for you personally in his one year presidency,DDEP was Nana Addo's greatest sin in his 8yrs presidency,now there is cocoa farmers haircut which is unprecedented since independence and this is in just one year of John Mahama so what is the basis of your insults?
Jack Toronto 17 hours ago

The so called Kwaku Adjei is suffering from inferiority complex.

The so called Kwaku Adjei is suffering from inferiority complex.
Boamah 19 hours ago

Sad.

Sad.
2026er 17 hours ago

THE NPP-PROTOCOL WORKERS ARE EVIL TO THE CORE
No properly qualified medical professional will fail to attend to the sick. God should curse and punish NPP till eternity day.

THE NPP-PROTOCOL WORKERS ARE EVIL TO THE CORE
No properly qualified medical professional will fail to attend to the sick. God should curse and punish NPP till eternity day.
True Ghanaian 17 hours ago

Pls note that only ridge is under the ghana health service.
Its disheartening to read some of these stories. The patient could've been treated in the ambulance if there was no bed while at the same time assessing the other p ...
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Pls note that only ridge is under the ghana health service.
Its disheartening to read some of these stories. The patient could've been treated in the ambulance if there was no bed while at the same time assessing the other patients to see wbo is better and can be moved to the ward. Bed management is vital in emergencies.
Kantow 17 hours ago

How are we running our hospitals in Ghana. If a whole neurosurgeon now head of GHS is corrupt what do you get? Reference the 4th Estate exposé....

How are we running our hospitals in Ghana. If a whole neurosurgeon now head of GHS is corrupt what do you get? Reference the 4th Estate exposé....
Nkeaaaa 16 hours ago

What the f--k were you expecting? When did medical care become equivalent to typing a letter? Did we expect that he be managed in the ambulance?
Let's be fair here. There was no bed. We won't accept it if he were managed on ...
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What the f--k were you expecting? When did medical care become equivalent to typing a letter? Did we expect that he be managed in the ambulance?
Let's be fair here. There was no bed. We won't accept it if he were managed on the floor. The ambulance is not well equipped to manage an emergency in. He possibly needed emergency stabilisation so why was he not sent to a second tier hospital for the stabilisation pending bed availability at the big hospital
ASEMPA 16 hours ago

Due ne oyaw ne amanehunu, may the "hit and run" driver never know peace in his life, may suffering be his portion till till till.

Due ne oyaw ne amanehunu, may the "hit and run" driver never know peace in his life, may suffering be his portion till till till.
Oklemekuku 14 hours ago

If you have ever lost a lost a loved one in this manner, you'd understand and know how it feels. Most Ghanaian healthcare providers especially doctors and nurses have no regards for human life

If you have ever lost a lost a loved one in this manner, you'd understand and know how it feels. Most Ghanaian healthcare providers especially doctors and nurses have no regards for human life
Raphael Abeam US 14 hours ago

This nonsense can never be done in the US. It's only Ghana that they don't take care of emergencies cases serious. Any vehicle that hears the sound of an ambulance pack his or her car

This nonsense can never be done in the US. It's only Ghana that they don't take care of emergencies cases serious. Any vehicle that hears the sound of an ambulance pack his or her car
Abena Kusi.....Please use the Brain 4 hours ago

And my husband want us to relocate to Ghana after living g in America for 30 years.I think he just wants me to die like a stray dogs. Very poor health services indeed.

And my husband want us to relocate to Ghana after living g in America for 30 years.I think he just wants me to die like a stray dogs. Very poor health services indeed.
Honest 29 minutes ago

I believe the important thing now is to find solutions to this problem
Dedicated two beds for emergency issues in every health facility which occupants must evacuate within two hours after stabilization
Communication netw ...
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I believe the important thing now is to find solutions to this problem
Dedicated two beds for emergency issues in every health facility which occupants must evacuate within two hours after stabilization
Communication networking among all health facilities in a location
Provision of additional beds in all health facilities for emergencies as KPI from internally generated funds
No need for blame game now but let’s look solutions for future

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