The Minority in Parliament is demanding that the management of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) be summoned over the recurring outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis in parts of the country.
This follows a statement by the Member of Parliament for Daffiama Bussie Issa, Dr. Sebastian Sandaare, on the floor of Parliament, revealing that 14 deaths have been recorded out of 60 suspected cases in the Upper West Region in 2025.
Reacting to the statement, Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh stated that such preventable ailments should not result in the loss of lives, emphasising the need for the GHS to brief Parliament on measures taken to contain the outbreak.
“The leadership of the Ghana Health Service should come and tell us why this matter is where it is. In this time and age, we can’t be allowing such basic ailment to be taking lives. Interestingly, Upper East shares borders with Upper West, and if you are not careful, it will result in a calamity.
“This is an ailment that is taking the lives of people, innocent Ghanaians and that part of the world, statistics have shown that poverty is so pronounced there. So they may not even have the wealth there to procure the vaccines.”
