It’s Authentic-Emergency Medicine Residents of Korle Bu Confirm Video of Patients on Floor

The Emergency Medicine Residents of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have confirmed the authenticity of a video portraying some patients at the emergency unit receiving medical attention while lying on the floor.

In a statement, they noted that the situation reflects the conditions under which care is being delivered.

It noted that systemic failures made the situation inevitable.

“The video footage is authentic. When the surge in patients exhausted all available beds, chairs were provided. When those chairs were also exhausted, patients had no option but to receive care on the floor.

“This sequence was witnessed by every member of our clinical team. Characterising this documentation as ‘Al-generated” or ‘media slander’ is factually inaccurate and an affront to both patients and staff,” it stated.

Reacting to the procurement of 200 beds by the hospital, they argued that their availability does not address the crisis.

“Beds without functional oxygen points, airway equipment, monitoring tools, adequate floor space, and sufficient nursing and physician staffing ratios do not improve care. They congest an already overwhelmed space. A comprehensive, resourced solution is required, not headline figures.”

According to the Emergency Medicine Residents, the crisis is a symptom of a fractured national emergency response system driven by

1. Dysfunctional referral pathways: Patients are dumped at tertiary centres because primary and secondary facilities cannot hold them.

2. Absent pre-hospital coordination: Patients arrive critically ill with no advance notice and no basic interventions initiated.

3. No national bed-tracking system makes real-time patient redistribution impossible.

It therefore called for a real-time solution to the prevailing crisis.

“We do not call for more beds in hallways. We call for a strengthened national healthcare grid. We urge management and the Ministry of Health to move past PR-focused responses and commit to a transparent and systemic reform. The evidence is real. The crisis is real. And the response must be equally real.”

This response was triggered by the hospital’s management’s reaction to the video, which showed at least five patients on the floor.

Story by Hajara Fuseini

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