After months of public outcry over alleged negligence at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, the three-member investigative committee has finally presented its findings to the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh.
The committee was commissioned in April following the death of a 29-year-old patient under controversial circumstances—a tragedy that sparked protests, accusations of equipment failure, and ultimately led to the dismissal of the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer.
Committee chair, Dr. Abdul Ibrahim Mohammed, revealed that the team held 12 sittings over a two-month period, engaging the deceased’s family, friends, frontline medical staff, and hospital management.
“We had a total of about 12 sittings where we met with the family of the patient, friends, staff of the hospital, who were actually within the Accident Emergency Department, and other staff who mattered in this issue,” he explained.
The 39-page report, submitted today in Accra, outlines a series of recommendations to address systemic challenges at the facility and restore public confidence.
While the full details are yet to be released, the Health Minister assured that government will not shelve the findings.
“This became an issue of public concern, but once the committee has sat on it and the report has been presented, the people of this country must know that the report has been presented,” Minister Akandoh emphasized.
The Ministry says the report will be made public “in due course” as part of efforts to ensure transparency and accountability in healthcare delivery.
