THE CHIEF Executive Officer (CEO) of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr. Paa Kwesi Baidoo, has been suspended for breaching President Mahama’s directive for public hospitals not to suspend the admission of new emergency cases.

The beleaguered KATH CEO, reportedly, admitted his guilt during a meeting with the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh and some top chieftains in the Ministry of Health, and he was subsequently suspended for two weeks after which he would report to the minister.

“I’m respectfully directing the Board to suspend the Chief Executive Officer for a period of two weeks with immediate effect, for causing to be announced the suspension of admissions of emergency cases to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.

“The Chief Executive admitted before me on Wednesday June 4, 2026 that he acted contrary to the clear directives of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana by that said announcement.

“The meeting was attended by the Chief Director, the Technical Advisor and the Legal Advisor to the Minister. He will be required to report to me upon the expiry of the two weeks”, a letter to the KATH Board Chairman, directing for the suspension of the CEO, said.

Signed by the Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the letter also directed the KATH Board to investigate who gave the KATH Head of Public Affairs Unit the permission to announce on radio that the hospital had suspended the admission of new emergency cases and take the appropriate action.

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