Seasoned journalist and host of the Citi Breakfast Show, Bernard Avle, has said that in Ghana, human lives are not valued; all Ghanaians value is being seen as a good person.
According to Bernard Avle, there is a lot of hypocrisy in the Ghanaian society, noting that there are societies where their people are less religious than in Ghana, but they preserve human lives and organise their systems to make sure that nobody dies a stupid death.
The seasoned journalist and host further bemoans how Ghana’s system, be it the Hospital, Court, or Police are structured to frustrate a person with no money.
Speaking on Citi FM, an irate Benard Avle stated, “There is a lot of hypocrisy in the society, because there are society that are less religious than us, who preserve human lives and organise their systems to make sure that nobody dies a stupid death and whether you go to court, you go to the police, you to the hospital, the whole system is structured to frustrate you if you do not have money”.
Bernard Avle further poured his outburst on Ghana’s medical system after the death of a hit-and-run victim who was turned away by three hospitals.
Bernard Avle stressed that a medical professional who refuses to provide care for sick or injured people brought to the hospital are evil person.
According to Bernard Avle, who recounted a similar event of a 70-year-old man in 2018 who went to seven hospitals before passing away in his car, highlighting that it been eight years but there have been no serious shifts in the operational policy.
He stressed that Doctors and nurses need to have empathy, but in Ghana, many people are in the medical field just because of money.
He added stated, “How can a society sit down for such a thing to happen and not put in place any systems? You covered a 70-year-old man who went to seven hospitals in 2018. From 2018 to 2026 is eight years, have there been any serious shifts in the operational policy of hospitals to show that we value life? We don’t most people who enter this profession are just looking for money, that is what we do.
Shame on you, shame on you, Pastors Sunday preach about these things, Preach about it that if you are a nurse and somebody is brought to your hospital and you don’t care about the person and the person dies, you are an evil person.
If you are a Doctor who does not care about someone’s death because you claim… You don’t know anything; your training is incomplete. Empathy is part of your training”.
Benard Avle further added, “I was even told that the first step towards doing a certain kind of thinking is empathy, because before you can solve someone’s problem, you must know how they are feeling. There is no empathy, the society collectively has lost the plot, we do not value human live what we value is to be seen to be good people”.
Bernard Avle’s outburst follows the news that a victim of a hit-and-run incident at Nkrumah Circle Overpass in Accra was refused emergency care by three major hospitals in Accra due to no vacant beds available.
According to reports, for close to three hours on February 6, 2026, the victim was denied treatment by Ridge, Police, and Korle Bu hospitals before passing away.
He was later identified as 29-year-old Charles Amissah, an engineer working at Promasidor Ghana Limited producers of Cowbell milk and other food products.
Some Ghanaians reacting to Bernard Avle’s remarks stated, “At first, whoever enters a profession really wanted to be in that field. Only a few are forced into what they don’t want. But now, just to get a job that will fetch u money, people find themselves in a profession they never liked. Where is the passion ?”.
“This selective outrage is why we are where we are. The healthcare system is functioning exactly as it is designed to. Maybe if we channel this same energy towards those who created the system, we could get better outcomes”, one more netizen added.
One more Ghanaian wrote, “Most of the people in the medical profession, infact govt institutions are not there cause they love the role or have passion, they are there cause it was they thought it was a stable job, they are there just for the paycheck”.
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"If you are a medical professional and someone is brought to your hospital, and you don't care that the person dies, you are an evil person. Your training is incomplete because empathy is part of your training." – @benkoku takes on Ghana's medical system after the death of a… pic.twitter.com/ayYC8F0qTQ
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