Ghana Health Service (GHS) has initiated an investigation into allegations that a patient from Winneba Trauma Hospital was abandoned in the bush at Gomoa Ojobi in the Central Region.
Reports indicate that the patient had been hospitalised for about two months following an accident, during which she sustained two broken legs and allegedly developed a mental illness.
Despite her condition, her family did not come to care for her.
Community members reported seeing the hospital’s ambulance transport the woman and leave her in a wheelchair in the bush at Ojobi, which she claimed was her hometown.
Tragically, she was later found dead.
Eyewitnesses informed UTV that they observed the ambulance drop her off on the outskirts of the town, assuming she was being left for her caretakers.
However, unconfirmed reports suggest that days after being left there, the woman was found unresponsive and subsequently passed away.
The Ghana Health Service said “upon receiving this disturbing news, it has initiated investigations into the matter to establish the authenticity or otherwise of the story in line with the existing practices in the public service to enable it to take appropriate actions.”
The GHS urged the public to be patient, assuring that anyone found to be connected with this unfortunate incident will be severely dealt with in accordance with provisions of the Service’s Code of Conduct.