A research fellow at the Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Kwame Sarpong Asiedu has accused outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo of merely commissioning buildings and calling them hospitals.
According to Asiedu, these structures cannot be considered proper hospitals if they lack essential medical resources such as beds and healthcare professionals.
Speaking on Joy FM's Super Morning Show on Thursday, December 19, he explained that a hospital does not function properly if it has no medical beds available and lacks health professionals to care for patients.
He pointed out that the country's current hospital capacity is insufficient when compared to the number of doctors available, particularly in the five teaching hospitals and regional hospitals. "Let's say if we have 7,000 doctors in Ghana and that includes doctors who have left the country, if we say that the 5 teaching hospitals have a minimum of 200 doctors each because we have people training and all that, that is 21,000 to 31,000 offers for 5 hospitals," Mr Asiedu said.
