This is not Healthcare, its Institutionalised Harm

This is not Healthcare, its Institutionalised Harm

Apr 09, 2026 - 09:07
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This is not Healthcare, its Institutionalised Harm
Acquah, ID specialist

People are not dying in Ghanaian hospitals because their diseases are untreatable, they are dying because basic hygiene is absent.

A health system without water, gloves, or soap is not under-resourced; it is dangerous!

Infection control failures are silently turning hospitals into breeding grounds for preventable deaths.

These are not accidents but predictable outcomes of neglect and poor prioritisation.

Every reused glove and unwashed hand pushes patients closer to infections they never came in with.

Antibiotic resistance is rising because we refuse to fix the simplest problems.

Prevention is cheap, but neglect is costing lives.

These avoidable deaths are not inevitable, they are a choice we continue to make.

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OSRAN AMANFO ACQUAH

I’m a biomedical Scientist, a disease control officer and an infectious disease specialist. I’m passionate about health reforms and health promotion as well.

Comments (4)

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Adwoa
Adwoa 1 month ago
Exactly. A patient should not leave the hospital in a worse state than they entered due to negligence
Nana Ama
Nana Ama 1 month ago
I really agree with this
WISDOM AGBOTEY
WISDOM AGBOTEY 1 month ago
I think it's about time we take IPC seriously. It saves lives at low cost, yet it is still treated as optional instead of essential, and patients are paying the price.
This is very true. People are not dying, humanity is.