Ex-President Rawlings on Wednesday called on the government and health authorities to endeavour to restore the sense of responsibility of health personnel at various government hospitals in the country. He decried the situation where health personnel at these facilities are repeatedly accused of being negligent and uncaring to patients leading to numerous preventable deaths. The former President made the call when the family of the late Admiral Chemogh Kuukpeng Kevin Dzang called at his Ridge residence to announce funeral details of the fallen officer. Widow, Mrs. Emelia Dzang recounted a harrowing tale of how poor services at a state hospital in Accra effectively consigned a death sentence on her beloved husband late last year. A visibly distressed Rawlings wondered why health professionals could deteriorate to such levels of insensitivity and questioned what the government and health authorities were doing about it. He counseled Health Minister Dr. Benjamin Kumbuor who was part of the visiting delegation to impress on government to institute investigations into the conduct of health service professionals at state facilities in the country. Former President Rawlings said there were numerous unreported cases of sick persons dying because of the negligence and insensitivity of health service professionals. He recalled the poor management of state health facilities during the Acheampong era and said the current situation was close to that period. “Such irresponsible behaviour is like corruption and when unchecked it leads to indiscriminately killing of other healthy people. These deaths deprive us of some of our best and everything possible has to be done to restore the standards of health delivery. “Admiral Dzang was an officer and a gentleman and did not deserve such horrible treatment. General Quainoo once said a country that does not reward its heroes is not worth dying for. Every Ghanaian deserves to be treated with respect and value at our health facilities and we have to wake up to our responsibilities,” former President Rawlings demanded.