President of the NGOs in Health, Bright Amissah Nyarko, has raised concerns about the lackadaisical attitude of some health workers in Ghana.
He notes that most of these workers have adopted the ‘i don’t care attitude.’
“The I don’t care attitude in our health facilities is too much,” he said while speaking at Media General’s Health Forum themed: “State and Future of Health Facilities: Reimaging healthcare in Ghana”, organised on May 7, 2025.
In other areas in the health sector, Bright Amissah Nyarko further called on duty bearers to pay particular attention to the expansion of CHIP Compounds and district hospitals.
He notes that the available CHIP Compounds and district hospitals are under pressure because the number of patients exceeds the capacities of the facilities.
“A lot of focus and resources should be invested in our CHIP Compounds and District hospitals. The majority of people who rely on these facilities outweigh the available resources,” he said.
For her part, the President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, lamented the poor state of health facilities in the country.
While acknowledging that health facilities like the University of Ghana Medical Care (UGMC) is in a better condition, the health professional questioned why most health facilities have been left in poor conditions by successive governments.
She asserted that various successive governments have done little to better conditions of health facilities across the country.
Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo noted that health infrastructures, equipment for professionals to work with, the drainage systems in hospitals, among others, are not in a proper shape to help the health professionals feel good to work in these facilities.
“When you take the health facilities, when you move from the capitals, the regions and go to the districts and then move lower down to the health centre CHIPS compounds, these facilities are actually not in the best of shape. Even with some of those facilities within our capitals, the regional hospitals and the teaching hospitals, it is not in the best shape,” she stated.
According to her, health facilities across the country do not receive funds from the government and rely on internally generated funds, which have stagnated the improvement of health facilities across the country.
“As we speak now, all our health facilities rely on internally generated funds (IGFS,) which is why he was showing the stats you saw that OPD services up to about 99% need to be paid for,” she stressed.
She called onthe government to pay attention to health facilities in the country and provide the requisite resources for these facilities.
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