“Pay this, pay that, and the patient dies” – Former UGMC boss demands end to cash-and-carry in emergency care

The former Chief Executive Officer of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), Dr Darius Osei, has criticised the “pay-before-service” culture in Ghana’s emergency wards, describing the practice of demanding money from trauma victims as a “death sentence.” Speaking during a high-profile JoyNews dialogue on Thursday, April 2, 2026, Dr Osei argued that the current […]

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