A member of the Health Committee of Parliament is berating government for woefully failing to prioritize the health needs of the country.

Dr Twum Nuamah says instead of retooling existing health institutions to cater for the health needs of the citizens the government is rather on a populist crusade of putting up new hospitals which it will neither complete any moment from now nor have resources both human and logistics to man those new hospitals.

His query comes at a time Ghana's largest referral hospital, the Korle Bu teaching is on its knees, dying from poor management. 

Three surgical clinics have been closed beginning, February 6, 2016, due to lack of logistics to man the clinics. It is  a decision that will worsen the plight of brain, spinal and tumor patients seeking remedy.

Already, its Intensive Care Unit has been shut down for two years because it does not have the requisite logistics to care for patients.

The repercussions have been dire. A 21-year-old undergrad died after she was asked to wait for six months before she could get surgery.

A lot more people have been asked to wait in a queue for emergency health services.

Speaking to Joy News Dr Twum Nuamah said "it is sad hearing this" from the biggest referral health institution in the country.

"For Korle-Bu [which] is the foremost hospital to be going through all this beats my imagination."

"The biggest problem is management from the side of government and the hospital," he said.

He insisted government is not applying any "serious thinking" into managing the health needs of the country.

"Instead of retooling we are in haste to put up new hospitals which we can't complete now.

"We have been playing propaganda with our health. Government is playing to the gallery; we have built this and built that when you have to refurbish Korle-Bu.

"What is the sense in building a new hospital if Korle Bu is run down?" he asked.

The former Director General of the Ghana Health Service Dr Elia Sory says government must, as a matter of neccesity, find ways of resolving the matter.

"We shouldn't  be looking at the past... We just have to borrow the money and invest into Korle Bu.
I know people are wary about getting loans but we have to invest. Let us go and look for that money and invest into Korle Bu.

He has also called for a "management change" at Korle Bu and the development of a blue print which will be the road map for a new look Korle Bu Teaching hospital.