Neurosurgeon Hadi Mohammed Abdallah says healthcare failures cannot continue to be blamed solely on individuals, insisting the country is ignoring deeper systemic problems that repeatedly lead to tragedy.
Speaking on PM Express on Wednesday, Dr Abdallah reacted to the findings of a government committee that investigated the death of 29-year-old engineer Charles Amissah after he was allegedly denied emergency care at three hospitals in Accra.
“To be honest, I wasn’t surprised,” he said.
“I was also sad and alarmed that after so many years… we had a similar incident involving an elderly person. A lot of things were said around that time.”
According to him, Ghana has developed a pattern of reacting emotionally to national tragedies without implementing meaningful reforms.
“I remember telling my colleagues that it’s not going to change anything, because for us as a country, whenever we run into a monumental catastrophe, we tend to be very emotional about it, and we always look for a scapegoat,” he stated.
“And managers of that sector would always find a scapegoat.”
Dr Abdallah argued that the country focuses too much on blaming individuals instead of fixing institutional failures.
