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Dr Yakubu Seidu Adam, the Chief Executive of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), has assured Ghanaians that the faulty elevator at the Surgical Department will be fixed within the next two months.
According to the Korle Bu CEO, the delay was caused by challenges with approvals at the Public Procurement Authority (PPA).
Speaking to Parliament’s Health Committee on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, Dr. Yakubu Seidu Adam stated, “The procurement has been done. There was some delay with the PPA, but it was finally approved, and we have given it to the vendor. The vendor has also engaged the manufacturer, and we have been assured that within two months, the elevator should be installed and operational. At the moment, only one elevator is working”.
Dr Yakubu Seidu Adam also urged Parliament to expedite the passage of legislation on organ harvesting.
He stressed that it would significantly reduce the cost of transplants for patients.
“Currently, anyone who needs a kidney transplant must travel to India, America, or the UK, even though we have the expertise here. For cornea transplants, we have to import corneas from America at prices ranging from $3,000 to $4,000. With legislation, we could harvest corneas locally, bringing the cost down to about GHC500 for patients,” he explained.
Also, Dr Yakubu Seidu, has proposed increasing it levy from GHC2 to GHC5 to sustain their Intensive Care Unit of the Children’s Ward.
According to the management of Korle Bu, approximately 64 per cent of patients in the ICU of the Children’s Ward are unable to pay for services rendered to them.
They noted that these services are not covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Dr. Yakubu Seidu Adam, speaking to the Parliament Health Committee on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, when they visited the facility, stated, “We’re making a case to engage NHIS. We’re also proposing that we increase the levy from GHC2 to GHC5 for patients who come here [Korle-Bu]. Some small levy”.
“64% of the bill is outstanding. The social welfare unit keeps them, because you cannot keep them here; if you do, you have to feed them. Here, there’s no NHIS”, he added.
In related news on health, Prophet Kofi Oduro, the General Overseer of Alabaster International Ministries, has called out Health workers, particularly Nurses and Doctors, following the recent ongoing brouhaha over the Ridge Hospital incident.
The man of God, speaking to his congregation, recounted some incidents of medical negligence he experienced first-hand at the Tema General Hospital and the Achimota Hospital.
According to Prophet Kofi Oduro, the majority of Nurses and Doctors are so heartless.
Speaking to his congregation in a short video shared by SIKAOFFFICIAL on X, Prophet Kofi Oduro stated, “I went to the Tema General, and a patient fell from his bed to the floor. The patient was lying there for 40 minutes. I went to the Achimota Hospital, where five nurses, one a doctor they were on tablets, laughing, and a patient was lying next to us, screaming, ‘I am dying, I am dying’, and they were just giggling on the internet”.
“You are so heartless, most of you, Nurses and most of you doctors are so heartless”, the man of God confidently added.
His comments come following the Ridge Hospital brouhaha with a self-styled social activist, identified as Ralph St. Williams, who stormed the emergency ward and filmed staff while accusing them of delaying treatment for his patient.
In addition, Prophet Kofi Oduro has also fired the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) following the Ridge Hospital brouhaha.
The man of God, speaking to his congregants on Sunday, August 31, 2025, stated, “These registered nurses, who could be someone’s mother or someone’s father, appear on TV to say stupid things to taint the image of all nurses. We all saw what happened in the videos circulating, and yet a supposed professional comes on TV to tell stupid lies.
“Madam nurse, will you be able to attend a crusade? Will you be able to go to communion this Sunday? God will judge you! If not for the fact that Ghana is a stupid nation, all of you would have been sacked by now,” he said.
The man of God further slammed the GRNMA General Secretary, Dr David Tenkorang-Twum, who, in a viral video, threatened media personnel.
Prophet Kofi Oduro fumed, “How can a registered nurse threaten somebody, saying ‘you will come and meet us at the hospital?’ What kind of nonsense is that? You are threatening a potential patient even before they come to your hospital. Are you waiting to kill someone at your medical facility? Stupid people with no sense”.
According to Prophet Kofi Oduro, he has no trust in government hospitals and warned his wife not to take him to Korle Bu or 37 military hospital.
“As I stand here, I have no trust in government hospitals. I have told my wife, ‘Don’t take me to Korle Bu, don’t take me to 37, if there is an emergency, ’” he added.