The Komfo Anokye Doctors’ Association (KADA), has expressed strong disappointment over the query issued to the Chief Executive Officer of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, following the recent congestion crisis at the facility’s Accident and Emergency (A&E) Centre.
In a statement issued on Thursday, June 4, 2026, the Association described the query as a knee-jerk response to a healthcare crisis and argued that hospital Management acted responsibly to protect patients and preserve lives under extremely challenging conditions.
According to KADA, the decision by Management to coordinate patient care with surrounding hospitals was not a refusal to provide care but a necessary intervention to ensure patients continued to receive timely and appropriate treatment after the emergency centre became overwhelmed.
The Association said KATH, as the principal referral hospital for the Ashanti region and much of northern Ghana, is facing severe pressure due to persistent overcrowding, resource constraints and increasing patient numbers, which have reached critical levels and threatened the hospital’s ability to provide safe and timely care.
KADA further noted that it would have been professionally irresponsible for the hospital leadership to ignore clear capacity limitations and allow patients to accumulate in unsafe conditions merely to create the impression that services were functioning normally.
The group believes leaders who take difficult but necessary decisions in the interest of patient safety should be supported and engaged constructively rather than subjected to disciplinary processes without a comprehensive review of the circumstances.
The Association also used the incident to highlight what it describes as a long-standing disparity in healthcare infrastructure development between Greater Accra and the Ashanti region.
It pointed to significant investments and expansion of health facilities in Accra, while similar developments have not occurred in Ashanti, resulting in infrastructure, resource and capacity gaps that continue to place enormous pressure on KATH.
KADA is therefore calling on the Ministry of Health to expedite the full operationalisation of the Afari Military Hospital, the Sewua Hospital and other strategically located facilities to help reduce the burden on KATH, improve patient distribution, shorten waiting times and strengthen emergency preparedness in the region.
The association says it remains committed to professionalism, patient safety and equitable healthcare delivery and is ready to work with the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders to develop sustainable solutions to the growing demands on the hospital.
Ghana Medical Association expresses concern over query letter issued to KATH CEO
