The Minister of Health presenting medical equipment to management of TTH
The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, 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.
The minister, visibly frustrated, questioned why patients had to be sent to private facilities for essential services when the hospital should be capable of handling such cases.
This development contributed to the dismissal of the Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Dr Adam Atiku, who has been replaced with Dr Abubakari Bawah Abdulai, a former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Karaga Constituency, and a senior staff at the University for Development Studies (UDS).
Meanwhile, doctors at TTH have suspended emergency and outpatient services indefinitely, citing “unwarranted attacks” from Kwabena Mintah Akandoh and Tamale North MP, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini.
Addressing the press on Thursday, April 24, 2025, the minister appealed to doctors at the hospital to call of their strike.
“My humble appeal to the medical doctors and health practitioners at Tamale Teaching Hospital is that I am the first person to take care of your interests. Therefore, let us call off the strike and let us all regroup and strategise the way forward”, he stated.
Here is the full list of medical equipment Kwabena Mintah Akandoh presented to the hospital:
1. Digital Sphygmomanometer – 8
2. Bowl with stand – 3
3. Kickabout Bucket – 10
4. Instrument Cabinet – 3
5. Ward Screen – 1
6. Operating Lamp – 5
7. Delivery Set – 1
8. EEG – 1
9. Emergency Resuscitation Trolley – 5
10. Foetal Stethoscope – 5
11. Ambu Bag – 20
12. Nebulizer Set – 5
13. Patient Trolley – 5
14. Wheelchair – 3
15. Examination Lamp – 6
16. Foetal Heart Detector – 2
17. ECG Machine – 5
18. Bulb Suction – 5
19. Oxygen Concentrator – 100
20. Pipette Tips 10ul – 4
21. Defibrillator – 2
22. Vinno Ultrasound Scanner with accessories – 4
23. Lowenstein Prisma Vent Transport Ventilator – 2
24. Voltage Stabilizer – 3
25. Vyaire ICU Ventilator – 2
26. Drager Transport Ventilator – 1
27. Drager ICU Ventilators – 3
28. Drager ICU Cardiac Monitors – 6
29. Drager Warmer – 1
30. Drager Resuscitaire – 1
31. Drager Phototherapy – 2
32. Drager Anaesthesia Machine – 2
33. Face Masks – 20,000
34. Assorted Sutures – 500
35. Drager Infant Incubators – 2
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