[ 2015-04-23 ]

Woman, 38, dies as ambulance driver deserts post at 37 Hospital
A 38-year-old woman died at the 37 Military
Hospital after an ambulance driver abandoned post
to go and party.

Starr News understands the incident happened on
Easter Monday.

Officials at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra
have served notice they are investigating the case
of medical negligence.

The patient died because the ambulance attendant
who was supposed to convey her to another hospital
deserted post for an Easter Monday picnic.

Relatives of the deceased [name withheld] are
angry over the case and are threatening to sue the
37 Military Hospital.

The National Development Planning Commission
(NDPC) has taken the case up and demanding answers
from the hospital authorities. According to the
Director General of the NDPC, Dr. Nii Moi
Thompson, someone must answer for the negligence.

“This was supposed to be one of the leading
medical facilities in the country, so you can
imagine what is going on in other parts of the
country where facilities are less endowed. We are
going to put a spotlight on maternal mortality
because it is our source of life. Without our
mothers where will we be?” Dr Thompson asked.

He added: “All these people claim in one way or
the other to be religious people. They say they
are Christians. They are bogus Christians because
they don’t practice what they preach. How do you
leave an ambulance on the day you are supposed to
work and go to a picnic?

“They had to do a lot of cajoling to get this
individual to drive the ambulance. There is
something wrong severely with the setup and
we’ll make a formal complaint to the Ghana
Health Service and the Ministry of Health to
investigate. They should tell us what happened.”

Source - Starrfmonline

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