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The incident of an old woman abandoned by the roadside near a bush at Gomoa Ojobi, leading to her death a week later, has sparked a crunch meeting at the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital in the Central Region of Ghana.
It has also led to a public discussion, with many asking for the full facts of the incident.
The old woman reportedly died last Monday [June 10, 2024] after a week of being abandoned at the roadside near a bush.
Some eyewitnesses have alleged they saw staff from the Ambulance Service, removing the said old woman from an ambulance and dumping her by the roadside.
Photos and videos shared from where she was abandoned shows a woman with P.O.P. on both legs, lying down with a wheelchair by her side,
Some eyewitnesses have alleged they saw staff from the Ambulance Service, removing the said old woman from an ambulance and dumping her by the road side.
She died a week after hanging and lying at the spot she was reportedly dumped.
What happened?
The old woman, who was reportedly suffering from what was suspected to be a mental illness or dementia was reportedly involved in an accident and was taken to the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital for medical attention.
After some time on admission, the elderly woman after gaining consciousness was only able to give an indication that she was from Gomoa Ojobi in the Central Region.
Apart from that, she reportedly could not give hospital staff much information about herself to assist them trace her relatives.
No family members showed up at the hospital to engage the management of the hospital.
Hospital staff allegedly discharged and abandoned her at outskirts of Ojobi
It is emerging that, when the hospital authorities reportedly became fed up with her, especially as some hospital staff claim, she was constantly screaming at night and disturbing patients and staff, they decided to go out to search for her relatives.
Since the little information they gathered was that she was from Gomoa Ojobi, they reportedly sent her away from the hospital in an ambulance.
As alleged by some residents, they spotted an ambulance from the hospital, and saw the staff removing and dumping the old woman by the road side at the outskirts of Gomoa Ojobi in a nearby bush.
After about a week of hanging and lying at the spot, she reportedly died.
Some residents said they were scared to go near her.
Reports
Some media reports indicate that, the hospital management has confirmed that the old woman was actually a patient at the hospital and the management had actually directed the staff to go to Gomoa Ojobi and look for her relatives.
Indications are that, the management was not aware that she was dumped at the outskirts or did not direct that she should be dumped at the outskirts.
The hospital is yet to officially comment on the incident.
Source: Graphic.com
