{
  "id": 15619794,
  "title": "PAC donates GH¢33,000 to Pantang Hospital to cover treatment costs for abandoned patients",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/pac-donates-gh-33-000-to-pantang-hospital-to-cover-treatment-costs",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-19T15:29:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/pac-donates-gh%c2%a233000-to-pantang-hospital-to-cover-treatment-costs-for-abandoned-patients/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has contributed GH¢33,000 to Pantang Hospital to subsidize treatment expenses for vulnerable patients, including those found on the streets and admitted to the hospital. This move follows a review of the Auditor-General's report, during which hospital representatives revealed that the facility had waived debts while treating patients with insufficient financial means to cover their medical bills. PAC Chairperson and Atiwa East MP, Abena Osei-Asare, expressed the committee's desire to remove the outstanding debt from the hospital's financial records. Osei-Asare stated, \"Pantang Hospital, on behalf of the Public Accounts Committee, we would like to take this debt off your books. As I said, these are people that they found on the streets that they brought to your facility. So on behalf of all of us here, we’d like you to take care of the cost.\" Hospital staff thanked the committee for their assistance, noting the gesture as a significant relief. They cautioned the public against picking up individuals suspected of having mental health conditions from the streets and bringing them to the hospital without proper coordination. They advised locals to contact social welfare officers at their respective assemblies and the police to ensure such cases are handled appropriately. The hospital emphasized that treating such patients without a clear plan for covering their bills puts strain on its limited resources, including medicines and other consumables.",
  "summary": "The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has donated GH¢33,000 to Pantang Hospital to cover treatment costs for vulnerable patients, including people found on the streets and brought to the facility.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "PAC donates GH¢33,000 to Pantang Hospital to cover vulnerable patients’ bills",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/pac-donates-gh-33-000-to-pantang-hospital-to-cover-vulnerable",
        "published": "2026-10-19T15:53:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}