Frustration and confusion occurred at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) on Thursday morning, April 24, 2025, as patients arriving early for medical care were greeted with empty consulting rooms.
Doctors at the hospital had suspended emergency and outpatient services the previous day, April 23, citing “unwarranted attacks” by Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh and Tamale North MP Alhassan Suhuyini.
This drastic decision was reached during an emergency general assembly meeting held by the Doctors’ Association of Tamale Teaching Hospital (DATTH). The strike came just hours after the group released a statement condemning an incident during the Minister’s visit to the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit on Tuesday, April 22.
In their statement, DATTH confirmed, “All members of DATTH have proceeded on an indefinite suspension of all emergency and outpatient services (General OPD, Antenatal clinic, Specialist clinic, Paediatrics OPD),” the Association announced.
When thesavannaonline reached out to contacts at the hospital on Thursday, April 24, it was told patients are in long queues at the emergency and outpatient departments. Still, no doctors or medical staff were present to provide care.
