PAC orders KBTH Acting CEO to refund GH¢113,000 judgement debt

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Dr Yakubu Seidu Adam, to refund GH¢113,000 to the state.

The directive follows KBTH’s failure to recover the amount from officers whose negligence led to two separate judgment debts, one involving the death of a patient due to an overdose of medication, and the other concerning the exhumation and reburial of a body after a mix-up of mortal remains.

At PAC’s sitting on Monday, September 29, 2025, the Ranking Member, Samuel Atta Mills, pressed Dr Seidu on efforts to recover the funds.

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“We recommended that the Acting Chief Executive Officer should recover the total amount of GH¢113,000 from the officers whose negligence occasioned the payment of judgment debt and have it paid into the Auditor-General’s Recoveries Account at the Bank of Ghana” the PAC co-chair directed.

The committee subsequently gave Dr Seidu 90 days to refund the amount.

“Our Chief Executive Officer, we give you 90 days to pay this GH¢113,000,” Atta-Mills stated.

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