The viral video on social media shows the medical equipment in boxes at the facility.
On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in response to allegations of medical negligence at the hospital, the minister paid an unannounced visit to TTH in response to allegations he had received about medical negligence on the part of the staff.
At the hospital, he clashed with the management of the hospital over broken down medical equipment which was impacting healthcare delivery.
Among the faulty equipment were ventilators in the emergency unit, sterilisation devices, diagnostic tools, and MRI machines.
The minister, visibly frustrated, questioned why patients had to be sent to private facilities for essential services when the hospital should be capable of handling such cases.
This development led to the dismissal of the Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Adam Atiku, who has been replaced with Dr Abubakari Bawah Abdulai, a former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Karaga Constituency, and a senior staff at the University for Development Studies (UDS), has been appointed as the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Tamale Teaching Hospital.
Meanwhile, doctors at TTH have suspended emergency and outpatient services indefinitely, citing “unwarranted attacks” from Kwabena Mintah Akandoh and Tamale North MP, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini
Watch the video of Kwabena Mintah Akandoh’s supposed donation below:
