How Dr. Joseph Bonney’s ‘No Bed Syndrome’ moved from Ghana hospitals to global use

A term now widely used to describe hospital overcrowding and delayed admissions was first coined by Dr. Joseph Bonney, an emergency medicine specialist at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, according to a review of available evidence. Dr. Bonney introduced the term “No Bed Syndrome” in a 2017 paper published in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, providing what researchers say is the earliest documented use in academic literature.