Ghanaian musician, Belinda Ekuah Amoah, popularly known as Mzbel, has broken down in tears following the death of her sister due to the no bed syndrome.
In a viral video shared on social media, Mzbel alleged that her sister died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after the facility reportedly had no available bed for her.
According to Mzbel, the lack of a bed contributed to her sister’s death, questioning the government and John Dramani Mahama over the persistent reports of bed shortages at the hospital.
Speaking in a self-recorded viral video, Mzbel stated, “We cannot blame the nurses and the doctors; we must blame the government. Since I was a child, I’ve always heard reports that there were no beds available at Korle Bu. So all the presidents that have come and gone, didn’t you hear there were no beds at Korle Bu? Every day when someone dies, there is no bed in Korle Bu”.
If it was during an election, they would have provided beds for people to sleep on to go and vote. When will there be beds at Korle Bu? If you are ill and you don’t have money and go to Korle Bu, you will die because there is no bed there; the number of patients there is more than the number of beds”.
She added, “It is your job to provide beds; it is not about making promises. Every day people are being placed on the floor with no medication, then they pass on”.
What is the problem at Korle Bu? People are just dying there; as for death, everyone will die, but if it is not your time and because there is no bed for you to be treated. When will there be enough beds at Korle Bu”.
Meanwhile, some weeks ago, the Emergency Medicine Residents at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) said the ‘No-bed syndrome’ crisis in Ghana’s healthcare delivery is real.
According to the Emergency Medicine Residents at the Korle Bu, the evidence is real. The crisis is real, and the response must be equally real.
In a press statement issued on March 23, the residents disclosed that the viral video of patients being treated on the floor is a National Crisis, not a Korle Bu problem.
According to the Emergency Medicine Residents, the videos showing patients being treated on the floor are authentic, not AI-generated.
In the Emergency Medicine Residents’ press statement issued on March 23, it reads, “We, the Emergency Medicine Residents of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), respond to management’s News Release of March 21, 2026. We write to ensure the public record accurately reflects the conditions under which care is being delivered and the systemic failures that made them inevitable
The Floor Incident: Setting the Record Straight
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 ‘AI-generated or ‘media slander’ is factually inaccurate and an affront to both patients and staff.
200 Beds Are Not Enough
The procurement of 200 beds, while noted, 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.
A National Crisis, Not a KBTH Problem
This 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.
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”.
Watch the video below:
“Since I was a child, I’ve always heard reports that there were no beds available at Korle Bu. Now, I have lost my beloved sister because of that.”
— 𝐀𝐒𝐊 (@askghmedia) July 5, 2026
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Ghanaian musician Mzbel has broken down in tears following the death of her sister, whom she alleges died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after the facility reportedly had no available bed for her.
— EDHUB🌍ℹ (@eddie_wrt) July 5, 2026
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