A day-old baby has allegedly been stolen from Salaga Government Hospital.
According to reports, the day-old baby was allegedly stolen after a midwife reportedly left the baby on a table to breastfeed her own child.
Reports suggest two midwives have been arrested in connection with the incident.
The news card shared by TV3 read, “Day-old baby allegedly stolen at Salaga Government Hospital after midwife reportedly leaves baby on table to breastfeed her own child”.
Some Ghanaians reacting to the news stated, “If this is going to be happening, most people are likely to give birth in their own home, and that’s serious because they can’t afford to hurt and trauma believing in the hospital negligence”.
One X user added, “Societal pressure, can we make adoption easy because there are some who obviously need a child to hold, whilst there are others who will willingly give one away?
That’s if this is that type of crime
Travel out of town, come back with a baby(not stolen, adopted)
To cure shame”.
A netizen added, “You leave someone’s baby unattended on a table? If you had to take care of yours too, that’s fine, but you could have gone to give the baby back to its mother or another midwife ffs. Could it be part of the plot?”.
It will be recalled that Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Health Minister, has ordered all health facilities to strictly remove the name tags of mother and baby only at the security gate.
Speaking during a working visit to the Mamprobi Polyclinic, he stressed that name tags should only be removed at the security exit, not at the ward level.
The Health Minister further stressed that health facilities are to strictly enforce identification protocols for patients and staff.
Kwabena Mintah Akandoh stated, “Apart from the tagging, which is part of the clear protocols for patient and baby identification, name tags should not be taken off at the ward level. Name tags of both the mother and the baby should only be removed at the security gate, which is the exit. This is one of the ways we can avoid incidents of baby swaps,” he explained.
The Minister also urged health facilities to establish closer working relationships with nearby police stations to strengthen security and ensure quick responses to any suspicious activity.
The Health Minister’s directives follow the arrest of a woman for allegedly stealing a newborn baby at the Mamprobi Polyclinic.
Reports suggest the baby was later rescued and reunited with the mother at the Dansoman Police Station today February, 18, 2026.
In a viral video shared by EDHUB, the woman was seen in custody at the Police station, and some irate residents were also seen at the Police station.
In a separate video, a resident at the Dansoman Police Station has revealed that the suspect was tracked down through her own sister.
Sources alleged that the suspect called her sister, claiming she had given birth and invited her over.
However, the sister, aware of reports about a missing baby, recognised the infant as the one allegedly stolen from the Mamprobi Polyclinic and alerted authorities, leading to the suspect’s arrest.
The arrest follows news of irate residents storming the Mamprobi Polyclinic over an alleged baby theft.
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A day-old baby has allegedly been stolen at Salaga Government Hospital after a midwife reportedly left the baby on a table to breastfeed her own child.#3NewsGH #TV3GH pic.twitter.com/AQXpSlhJ9c
— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) June 10, 2026
