Scores of patients have been left stranded for hours without medical care as doctors at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) embarked on an indefinite suspension of all emergency and outpatient services.
The doctors cite hostile working environment, lack of basic medical supplies, and what they describe as an insult to their dignity by top government officials.
In a statement released after an emergency general assembly meeting held at noon on Tuesday, the Doctors’ Association of Tamale Teaching Hospital (DATTH) announced that its members would no longer offer services at the General OPD, Antenatal Clinic, Specialist Clinic, and Paediatrics OPD.
At the heart of the doctors’ protest is the fallout from an incident during the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh’s visit to the hospital on April 22, 2025, and what the doctors have described as “false and biased reportage” from several media outlets covering the visit.
They demand unqualified apologies from the Health Minister and Tamale North MP, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini, to Dr. Valentine Akwulpwa, the entire medical staff, and specifically the team at the Accident and Emergency Department.
