The Forum for Development and Accountable Governance (FDAG) has accused the previous government of deceiving the public with its widely publicized "free dialysis" initiative, calling it an electoral gimmick that collapsed immediately after the December 2024 elections.
The advocacy group claims that the programme's failure has directly contributed to the deaths of patients who were left stranded without treatment.
According FDAG, investigations across major hospitals in Ghana reveal that the initiative, which was announced in November 2024, was poorly planned, lacked proper funding, and left thousands of renal patients without access to life-saving dialysis treatment.
In a press statement signed by Nana Kojo Abbam, a senior research fellow of the group who doubles as the spokesperson, stated that the government, through the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), promised free dialysis treatments at 40 health facilities, allocating between GHS 20 million and GHS 57 million for the Programme.
