Ghanaian Lady Calls for Depoliticisation of Nurse Incident, Urges Focus on Negligence, Video

Health Minister condemns attack on medical staff at Ridge Hospital

By: Savannah Pokuaah Duah  The Minister of Health, Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has condemned the attack on health professionals at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital’s or Ridge Hospital Emergency Department.  The incident, captured in a viral social media video, involved relatives of an accident victim clashing with medical staff over alleged delays in treatment, leading to verbal aggression and assault of a nurse. “We have a clear mandate to del…

Ghanaian lady calls for depoliticisation of nurse incident, urges focus on negligence, video

Following the Ridge Hospital incident, a Ghanaian nurse shared her personal experience and emphasised the importance of tackling systemic medical negligence.

She deserves an award for best actress—Ralph speaks on assaulted Ridge Hospital nurse

Youth Advocate Ralph Saint Williams has described the nurse who insisted that she was manhandled by him and his colleagues who stormed the Ridge Hospital as an actress. According to him, neither he nor any of the people who stormed the Greater Accra Regional Hospital attacked any of the staff of the facility. He indicated that the CCTV footage released by Ridge Hospital supports his claim and only exposes Ridge Hospital for not accepting respons…