/ Top pharmacist says ignoring damning health reports is the real betrayal—calls for courage, not titles, in leadership
👉 Kwame Sarpong Asiedu criticizes the dismissed CEO of Tamale Teaching Hospital for staying silent amid health system failures. |
| Pharmacist Kwame Sarpong Asiedu criticizes the dismissal of Tamale hospital CEO and politicized healthcare. |
Pharmacist and health analyst Kwame Sarpong Asiedu has spoken out strongly against the recently sacked Chief Executive Officer of Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), stating that the official should never have continued in the role while the hospital was “collapsing.”
Speaking on Joy News' PM Express on Wednesday night, Asiedu described the CEO’s tenure as a violation of documented health assessments, particularly the Health Harmonisation Assessment Report—a government-backed analysis developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service, WHO, and The Global Fund.
“The report says only 5% of our consultation rooms have the requisite equipment to adequately diagnose a person… It's not me saying it. It is in the report,” Asiedu emphasized.
Asiedu lambasted the broader healthcare leadership for ignoring such alarming findings and instead focusing on building new hospitals without addressing foundational issues like proper diagnostic equipment and patient care tools.
“We jettisoned that report and went into building hospitals,” he said.
“This is what we should be telling policymakers and the ultimate spenders, which in this case is the Health Minister.”
His criticism didn’t stop at the politicians. Asiedu took direct aim at fellow healthcare professionals who, despite knowing the reality on the ground, choose to remain in ineffective leadership positions.
“If you make decisions which are at variance with what the health assessment reports say, then we should walk away. It’s as simple as that.”
The pharmacist admitted that many professionals, including himself, have at times been complicit by staying silent. However, he noted he had publicly voiced his concerns as soon as the health reports were released, urging others to follow suit.
“We have the data. But we continue to act like we don’t. That’s the real betrayal,” he concluded.
In a time where Ghana’s healthcare system is under scrutiny, voices like Kwame Sarpong Asiedu’s are prompting a necessary national dialogue—one that prioritizes data, integrity, and the courage to speak truth to power.
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