TOR Corporate Affairs Officer Calls for Accountability Over Alleged Health Sector Negligence

Corporate Affairs Officer of TOR, Godwin Ayaba Mahama, has called for swift action and accountability in response to alleged negligence in the health sector, stressing that government institutions must not excuse failures as sabotage.

Speaking on the matter at Kessben Maakye show, Mr. Ayaba Mahama stated that a government cannot remain in office and continuously attribute operational failures to sabotage without taking decisive measures.

“We can’t be in government and talk about sabotage. We must be proactive. We have all the agencies to fish out all saboteurs and punish them to deter others from this queue,” he said.

According to him, while it may be true that some individuals within government institutions may not fully align with the governing party, such realities should not be used as justification for lapses in public service delivery.

He emphasized that vigilance and stringent measures are necessary to protect lives, noting that the inability to enforce standards could have severe consequences.

Mr. Mahama also questioned the conduct of some health professionals in emergency situations, particularly in the case involving Abigail Opoku, a pregnant woman who just lost her life at Mother and Child medical facility at Kasoa in the Central Region.

“I don’t see the reason nurses would sit down for water to ooze a pregnant woman and not consider it as an emergency,” he remarked.

He expressed concern that some nurses today may not fully appreciate the seriousness of emergency healthcare, adding that even non-health practitioners could recognize when a patient’s life is in danger.

According to him, reports indicate that her relatives repeatedly alerted nurses about the woman’s worsening condition, only to be met with resistance and arguments, point to a troubling gap in emergency response.

“Even the mother of the victim kept alerting the nurses that her daughter was suffering, but they kept repelling and arguing with her,” he said.

Mr. Mahama’s comments come amid growing public debate over accountability and standards of care in Ghana’s health sector, with many calling for reforms to ensure timely and professional emergency treatment.