The Minority Caucus in Parliament has demanded the rapid reversal of the dismissal of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Dr Adam Atiku.
Dr Atiku’s dismissal was confirmed by the Minister for Well being, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, following a shock go to to the hospital on Tuesday, twenty second April.
The choice stems from allegations of negligence by hospital employees, which reportedly led to the tragic death of a patient at the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Ward.
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Reacting to the controversy in an announcement dated twenty third April and signed by NPP MPs on the Parliamentary Well being Committee, the Minority Caucus condemned the choice as unlucky and a violation of due course of.
The caucus argued that the Minister doesn’t possess the only authority to dismiss the CEO, citing Part 37(1)(e) of the Ghana Well being Service and Instructing Hospitals (Modification) Act, 2019 (Act 1009).
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Furthermore, Part 34(7) of the mum or dad Act 525 stipulates that the removing of a member of a Instructing Hospital Board, which incorporates the CEO, have to be effected by the President in session with the Council of State.
The NPP Minority additionally criticised the Minister’s heated altercation with a hospital staff member, identified as Dr Valentine Akwulpwa, describing it as emotionally charged and reckless.
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The Minister’s public outburst was demeaning, inappropriate, and a breach of the decorum that ought to information skilled interactions in healthcare. Each well-meaning medical practitioner would rightly see this not solely as an affront to Dr Akwulpwa, but in addition to the dignity of your entire medical occupation.
The caucus has subsequently known as on the Ghana Medical Affiliation and different skilled well being our bodies to publicly censure the Minister and demand on adherence to due course of.
