Board Chair of Korle Bu Resigns & Calls for National Security Probe 

The Board Chair of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Eddie Annan has resigned and called for a National Security probe into the activities of the hospital.

His resignation comes less than 24 hours after president Mahama replaced former acting CEO, Rev Albert Okpoti Botchwey with Dr Gilbert Buckle. In a letter to the president,Mr Annan warned of the need to flush out a change- resistant “money-making mafia” at the 91-year-old health facility.

He said the president must investigate the “money-making bloc” at the 2000-bed facility, which has been wrought with a plethora of scandals within the past one month. 

In the letter,Mr Annan warned the President that:“There are financial and challenges at Korle-Bu but his main challenge, must be to dismantle what seems to be a ‘mafia’ operating at the hospital that is generating wealth to some staff and associates at Korle- Bu.

"He added that if the President manages to clean up Korle-Bu during his presidency, he would have done a great service to the nation, and encouraged the President “to set his face as a flint and unravel the seeming mysteries, which are compounded by collusion from sources he least expect.” 

He recommended that the National Security Coordinator takes on this fight from a proper perspective and helps him in this quest.”

GBC