The Minister of Health, , has presented essential medical equipment to the Tamale Teaching Hospital, days after his unannounced visit to the hospital that exposed malfunctioning medical equipment at the facility.
On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in response to allegations of medical negligence at the hospital, the minister paid an unannounced visit to TTH in response to allegations he had received about medical negligence on the part of some members of the staff.
At the hospital during his visit, he clashed with the management of the hospital over broken down medical equipment which was impacting healthcare delivery.
Among the faulty equipment were ventilators in the emergency unit, sterilisation devices, diagnostic tools, and MRI machines.