Former President John Mahama has said he will end the no-bed syndrome in his second coming. The flag bearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) told Ghanaians in a Facebook Live transmission on Monday, 23 December 2019 that his next government intends to continue the works he started during his last administration in opening up the health sector, by building more hospitals with more beds and employing more nurses, doctors and paramedics.
“What we did is to expand access to healthcare by building new hospitals. You cannot employ nurses when you don’t have anywhere to post them. And that’s why we started all the district hospitals. And our policy, when we launched our manifesto, is that there would be a modern health facility in every district of this country depending on the population size of the district.
“It can be a health centre, it can be a polyclinic, it can be a district hospital, and then, I already announced that in the six new regions, we are going to build six new regional hospitals.
“We’re also going to open the University of Ghana Medical Centre, and operationlise it”, Mr Mahama promised.
All these, he said, “will lead to the employment of more nurses and doctors”.
He added: “We’re going to start Phase II of the Ridge Hospital project so that we can have more beds”.
“We want to end the no-bed syndrome”, Mr Mahama noted, decrying: “We shouldn’t have an emergency where you go to any hospital and they say that: ‘We don’t have beds, take the patient away’. Or even if they are forced to admit them, they go bring plastic chairs and put patients in them with the drip by their side. It is not the Ghana of the 21st Century”.
“And, so, we’re going to expand the healthcare sector so that we can bring in more nurses and paramedics. We’ll fully operationalise the Wa Regional Hospital. The programme that we had before we left office, we were introducing 6,000 new hospital beds and if every hospital bed requires three paramedics, that’s 6,000 x 3; you can imagine how many people we could have employed”.
Mr Mahama also questioned the Akufo-Addo government’s claim that it had employed 50,000 nurses since coming into office three years ago.
“The government said they’ve employed 50,000 nurses since they came and still nurses are picketing and demonstrating. I mean, it just shows that it’s not true. Recently, we were told by the Nurses and Midwives Council or whichever body it is that the total number of nurses in Ghana does not exceed 70,000, so, how could you have employed 50,000 nurses? So, that’s a fallacy”.
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Before I believe this promise, I would like to know if insufficient beds in hospitals just started in Ghana with the present ruling government? Was it not a same under your government. I advise politicians not to promise heaven on earth because of their determination to grab power.
Just say I get angry when he speaks and not Ghanaians. I am a Ghanaian and I don't get angry when he speaks. Stop generalizing issues and speak for yourself.
Mr Incompetent and Corrupt former President Mahama, are you aware that talk is cheap? who told you ,you are coming to power again? The heavy DEBT you left for this current Government to inherit is still fresh in our mind, ur reckless spending ,buying V8 Cars for Celebrities the likes of John Dumelo, few selected Chiefs who side with you and many more. we have not forgotten ur arrogant Former Ministers who really INSULTED Ghanaians, some were flying their Girls friends to Dubai for monthly shopping at the expense of Tax Payer's money. Nobody will vote for u CORRUPT AND INCOMPETENT Former President Mahama come Dec 2020 Election.
Please advisors of Mr Mahama should guide the man's utterances, it's better not to be doing the talking,all these too much talking is rather angering Ghanaians, because you had your turn and the problem was there, it's true that when politicians are out of office they reason clearly but when given the nod they begin to talk ***barred word***,
This Mahama guy will solve all our problems in just 4 years.... Sweet talker. You were there before and worsened our situation. You introduced cash and carry and cancelled nurses allowances. You nearly collapse the NHIS. Massa go tell this ananse promises to your Trans Volta Togoland supporters. They will believe you.
Please start this from your hometown so we can see. Do you mean to tell us that "No bed syndrome" just happened in Ghana? Just start bringing the Guinea fowls back from Burkina Faso then we will listen to what you are saying now. Please just retire with dignity or Ghanaians are going to retire by force in 2020. Thanks.
Mahama is too desperate that he will tell Ghanaians one day that he will turn women to men when voted into office. Those greedy bastarrds should inform him to forget about the president.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! THIS GUY HAHAHAHAHA!!!
When u were there, u mean it was not there. Opana paa!!. We have long memories now(2019) and 2020 oh.
Yes of course, it is a Fallacy, this Npp akufoo ado are liars and they continue to lie even though you catch them Red-Hand down they will still deny it, and some Blind Ghanaians can't see so they continue to be hypnotized by this family and crock government. Your eyes will open when NDC is back.