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President John Dramani Mahama has issued a high-level executive directive to all health facilities across Ghana, strictly prohibiting the rejection of emergency patients under the guise of the \u201cno-bed syndrome.\u201d<\/p>\n

The President\u2019s mandate, delivered during the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Friday, 27th February 2026, serves as a direct response to a recent medical tragedy that has sparked national outrage.<\/p>\n

The President\u2019s intervention follows the harrowing death of Charles Amissah, a 29-year-old engineer with Promasidor Ghana Limited. Amissah lost his life after being denied admission by three separate hospitals following a hit-and-run accident at the Circle Overpass in Accra on 6th February 2026.<\/p>\n

Despite being stabilised by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel following severe shoulder and internal injuries, Mr Amissah was allegedly turned away by multiple facilities claiming a lack of available beds. The young engineer\u2019s death has become a symbol of systemic failure within the Ghanaian secondary and tertiary healthcare sectors.<\/p>\n

Addressing a sombre Parliament, President Mahama characterised the persistent \u201cno-bed\u201d excuse as an unacceptable breach of professional and ethical duty.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPatients facing medical emergencies must be received and given healthcare, even under makeshift conditions. You don\u2019t need to have a comfortable bed before attending to a patient. No patient must be turned away from any health facility they report to,\u201d the President declared.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To ensure the directive is more than mere rhetoric, the President disclosed that the Ministry of Health is currently drafting stringent new guidelines to criminalise or penalise the refusal of emergency cases. He emphasised that saving lives must take precedence over administrative comfort.<\/p>\n

The President also utilised the SONA to provide an update on the government\u2019s aggressive hospital expansion projects designed to provide a permanent solution to the capacity crisis:<\/p>\n