Accra: Collins Adomako Mensah, the Member of Parliament for Afigya Kwabre North in the Ashanti Region, left David Theophilus Dominic Vondee, the Member of Parliament for Twifo Atti Morkwa in the Central Region, visibly shocked after claiming that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has never built, completed, and operationalised a single hospital from scratch in the Ashanti Region while in government.
According to Ghana Web, the debate emerged during discussions on the persistent "no-bed syndrome" in some hospitals following the recent suspension of the Chief Executive Officer of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr. Paa Kwesi Baidoo. The suspension subsequently triggered a strike action by some staff of the facility. Speaking on Adom TV's Badwam programme on June 9, 2026, Adomako Mensah argued that the government should operationalise some of the Agenda 111 hospitals initiated by the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to help ease pressure on major healthcare facilities.
During the discussion, the NDC MP accused the NPP of spending eight years in government without significantly improving healthcare infrastructure in the Ashanti Region, despite the region being considered the party's political stronghold. He challenged the NPP to name one hospital built and completed during its eight years in government.
Adomako Mensah rejected the assertion, countering that the NDC could not point to a single hospital project in the Ashanti Region that it started, completed, and operationalised while in government. He insisted that several hospitals credited to the NDC were either completed or operationalised under the NPP administration.
Adomako Mensah maintained his position, insisting that almost all hospital projects initiated by the NDC in the region were either completed or operationalised by the NPP government. Vondee later defended his position, arguing that the NDC had played a major role in the construction of several hospitals, including the Sewua, Fomena, Kumawu, Tepa, and Konongo hospitals. However, Adomako Mensah dismissed the claim as inaccurate, insisting that the facilities mentioned were either completed or operationalised under the NPP administration rather than the NDC.