A surprise visit by the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, to the Tamale Teaching Hospital in the Northern Region on Monday erupted into a heated confrontation with staff, highlighting the facility's ongoing challenges with non-functional basic medical equipment.
The unannounced inspection was aimed at assessing service delivery and infrastructure at the Northern Region's premier referral hospital.
However, tensions flared when the Minister discovered that several critical machines-including ventilators at the emergency unit, diagnostic and sterilisation equipment, MRI scans, among others -were not operational.
Visibly frustrated, the Minister condemned the situation as "an unacceptable state of neglect," questioning why patients were being referred to private facilities for routine medical services. "A life has been lost-that's why this must be exposed.
