Head of Legal Affairs of the United Party (UP), Andrew Appiah Danquah, has blamed Ghana’s persistent “no-bed syndrome” crisis on what he describes as a culture of Machiavellian politics that prioritises power over people, warning that it has contributed to the country’s retrogression.
This follow the death of 29-year-old engineer Charles Amissah, who reportedly died after being turned away from three major hospitals in Accra, Ridge Hospital, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, and the Police Hospital, due to a lack of beds.
Speaking on Citi FM’s The Big Issue on Saturday February 21, he argued that recurring challenges in the health sector, including the lack of hospital beds, are symptoms of a deeper political problem.
“I am convinced that the fundamental reason why we are facing all these problems is because of the very Machiavellian politics we do here in this country.
“The focus of the politics we do here isn’t the human being. It is about how we get power and how we sustain ourselves in power,” he said.
Danquah maintained that such an approach to governance has stalled national progress and weakened key sectors, including healthcare.
“If you do politics in the manner Aristotle advised, that politics is the master science that uses all science like medicine, economics, law to create virtuous men, the human being must flourish. The human being must be at the centre of our politics,” he added.
Danquah insisted that until politics is refocused on human welfare rather than political survival, systemic failures in critical sectors will persist.
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