The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has directed the immediate posting of three medical doctors and five midwives to the Mother and Child Hospital in Kasoa following the death of a pregnant woman at the facility.
The directive comes after Abigail Opoku reportedly died during labour after the hospital allegedly failed to perform a requested caesarean section due to the unavailability of beds in the recovery ward.
Speaking to journalists during a visit to the hospital on Wednesday, May 14, Akandoh urged management to improve service delivery and change the negative narrative around the hospital.
“So the problems they enumerated are issues I can solve instantly. I have directed that about three medical doctors should be posted here with immediate effect. I have also directed that five midwives be posted to this facility,” he stated.
The Health Minister further announced that five hospital orderlies would be mechanised immediately, while the facility had also been tasked to submit a list of urgently needed medical equipment for supply within 24 to 48 hours.
Mr. Akandoh additionally instructed hospital authorities to ensure that staff properly attend to patients at the entrance, maintain functional CCTV systems at all times, and enforce the wearing of name tags by health professionals.
