KBTH CEO reacts to disturbing video of patients lying on bare floor

CEO of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Dr Yakubu Seidu Adam, has reacted to a viral video showing patients lying on the floor of the facility.

In the video shared by The1957News on X on March 21, 2026, Dr Yakubu Seidu Adam stated that there are ongoing renovation works as one of the measures to contain the situation.

“We are doing innovation …we handed over to the engineer last Thursday for works to commence,” he is heard saying in the video which showed him reporting updates of the renovation to health minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, who had visited the facility to ascertain the facts of the matter by himself.

Doctor raises red flags over emergency response at KBTH

The video captured several patients, some visibly frail and in need of urgent care, sleeping on the bare hospital floors.

The development comes within a period when there was an unfortunate death of Charles Amissah, a victim of a hit-and-run incident at the Nkrumah Circle Overpass in Accra, on February 6, 2026.

Disturbing video emerges of patients occupying ward floors at Korle Bu

He was reportedly refused emergency care by three major hospitals in Accra, with the explanation that there were no available beds.

Subsequently, President John Dramani Mahama, during his State of the Nation Address on February 27, 2026, directed medical practitioners to attend to emergency cases even if it meant improvising a makeshift bed at their facilities.

Watch the video below:

LIVE | Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh inspects ongoing projects at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after viral images showed patients on the floor amid a directive not to turn away cases despite bed shortages at the Emergency Ward. pic.twitter.com/qzod5VzXdv

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