Unsurprisingly, the citizenry has in characteristic fashion started the usual shouting chorus without any of us asking the relevant questions of why we got here in the first place.

Politics and Ghana’s Healthcare Firefight. Image credit - Laura I

According to Sun Tzu, “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

To achieve this, however, will require an acceptance that there is more we can do even with our current poor healthcare professional ratios than we are doing.

Partnering Our Way To Outcomes Through Thought. Image credit - AmericanTelemed

“A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists. Don’t let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song.”

Things like these are why I have been intimating that there is a huge potential for an entire service industry around healthcare. One that would decrease risk, ...

Selling off the Cow Whilst Buying Back the Milk. Image credit: News wires

According to Lao Tzu, “life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be the reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”

Another area of concern is the percentage of public hospitals with a functional emergency team which is said to be high performing at a figure of 25.5%. That our Health Ministry will be bold enough ...

The Role of Independent Inspectorates in Improving the Quality of Healthcare

“Be honest. This applies to every area of your life. Sketchiness is not an attractive trait. No more trying to cover up your baggage, sweeping things under the rug, withholding the truth, blatant lying, or even telling seemingly ‘harmless’ white lies or half-truths – release the need to lie completely! Start NOW.” Alaric Hutchinson