Hot SourceGhana’s flagship referral centre, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, is grappling with an exodus of talent after nearly 300 highly skilled medical professionals left the facility between January and June 2025 in search of better prospects abroad.
Hospital management describes the wave of departures as “alarming,” warning that it threatens the delivery of quality healthcare at the country’s premier teaching hospital.
Deputy Medical Director Dr. Harry Akoto revealed the figures during a Thursday, 18 September interview with Citi News. He spoke while accompanying the administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, popularly known as Mahama Cares on a needs-assessment visit to the hospital.
The nationwide initiative aims to provide financial support for patients with chronic and non-communicable diseases not covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
But Dr Akoto used the occasion to sound a warning,“When we look at our data, we have approximately 300 people leaving between January and June this year. These are people who are highly skilled and highly specialised. The issues are multifactorial; some are based on a poor work environment. But the chunk of it is remuneration. People feel they can get more out there than being here.”
He cautioned that unless immediate interventions are implemented to improve working conditions, remuneration and training opportunities, Ghana risks losing more of its most experienced doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to developed countries.
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