It had been the couple’s very first maternity. The euphoria ended up being high, blended feelings of anxiety, joy and nervousness took over, as an expectant daddy awaited their very very first kid.
But within the labour ward during the Ga West Municipal Hospital, Amasaman, within the better Accra area, a struggle that is fatal those objectives.
“My wife’s words that are last me had been ‘I’m dying. Why can’t they simply run on me? ’” Collins Tekolibe, an Insurance Broker recalled that day may 2, 2019.
Their spouse had been 34-years old, while the wedding ended up being lower than an old year.
Collins Tekolibe sat down with theghanareport.com reporter, Aba Asamoah, and unveiled his attitude that is listless towards since that time.
“I don’t look at essence of living. My infant may be the reason that is only maintaining me personally alive. ”
He thinks their wife’s death was avoidable. She passed away as a result of medical negligence, he alleged.
“We surely got to a healthcare facility at about 2 pm on Thursday, might 2, 2019, therefore the nurses directed us to your waiting room because, in accordance with them, my wife’s cervix had exposed to simply two centimetres. It had a need to ready to accept 10 on her behalf to provide.
“We waited until 9 pm. It launched by one centimetre. Therefore, I happened to be together with her till the after day, Friday and also the discomfort had increased. It had been as though I’d simply earned a crisis.
He accused the nurses within the maternity ward on that time to be indifferent towards the plight of their spouse.
“…They provided me with prescription upon prescription to purchase and I also ended up being operating helter-skelter all within the medical center searching for the medications. The new pharmacist who replaced the old one on the shift demanded a folder and it confused me on one of my trips to the pharmacy.
“He later on explained in my experience that the medication I happened to be about investing in is covered because of the nationwide medical insurance Scheme. Before they did, ” he recalled so I went back to the nurses for the folder and they had affixed it to other folders while they sat and played on their phones. The pharmacist insisted they sign my folder for me.
Collins’ basis for visiting the hospital would be to offer words that are soothing their spouse as she battles the problems of labour.
But hospitals that are public Ghana club husbands through the labour wards and theatres. Therefore, he waited. He counted mins into hours. He counted the amount of windows when you look at the hospital. He may have counted trees and their branches and chairs until 12.30 pm.
“I happened to be standing, i did son’t understand what had been taking place, therefore at about 12:30 a nurse stumbled on me personally and whispered if you ask me that my spouse had delivered. We heaved a sigh of relief, but evidently, it had been the start of my problems, ” he said tears that are wiping.
When they delivered the news headlines, Collins did see the baby n’t and mom until about one hour later on. Away from interest, he said, he peeped through the window of this labour ward to own a glance at their brand brand new family members.
“I wasn’t seeing the child or my partner I saw my wife sitting on the bed so I got nervous and went close to the transparent window and. The next matter we saw ended up being the nursing assistant standing by her pressed her violently and I also utilize violently instructively and she dropped from the sleep breathless…. ”
” we suspected my partner had died, them why they were maltreating my spouse? Thus I panicked and went along to the stationed nurses to question”
The concern tickled nerves. The nursing assistant whom presumably forced Mrs Tekolibe hurriedly arrived on the scene of this ward to confront Collins.
“These had been her terms, ‘you sef you’ve got been cooperating you now saying we are maltreating your wife with us all this while, why are? Come and find out, your lady is also bleeding, along with your child just isn’t even experiencing fine…see due to that which you have inked we intend to refer one to Nsawam Government Hospital. We don’t wish you to provide us any trouble”‘ he recalled.
He’d discover later on that the labour that is prolonged impacted the mind of their son.
In state of ambivalence, Collins had been expected to deliver their son to your Nsawam Government Hospital. There was clearly no ambulance—It ended up being simply him and less-than- child that is a-day-old.
Their globe arrived crashing, he said, while he had been torn between delivering their son or daughter into the referral medical center or being along with his beloved spouse.
The baby was chosen by him over their spouse since, relating to him, she had been with specialists.
But before he could select his baby up and check out Nsawam, a healthcare facility asked him to donate bloodstream for their ‘dying’ wife.
” I bought the bloodstream and sped down to the Nsawam Government Hospital with a buddy, without any escort from the medical center. We left my partner within the fingers of a female who was simply additionally here to see a member of family.
“A couple of minutes to the journey, the girl called to say that they had hurried my partner towards the theater, and that heightened my nervousness, I became completely confused, however the hospital didn’t phone me”
“Around 8:30 pm, we came back from Nsawam to Amasaman and I also went directly to the nurses to enquire about of my spouse, and then find out that my partner had died, ” he stated with clenched fists.
The widower, that is bent on getting justice for their wife that is late the hospital carried out no autopsy on their wife, rather a healthcare facility (Ga western) provided him a coroner’s inquest become brought to law enforcement.
However the authorities after asking of their objective told him that a medical facility will be able to inform the reason for death, because of the wide range of hours his wife invested during the center.
Ever since then, the soft-spoken man has been on an objective to attract general public awareness of the matter and “ensure that my partner does not die for absolutely nothing, with no girl dies for the reason that medical center like this once again. ”
” After a week of my wife’s death, we decided to go to a medical facility to begin to see the superintendent, Dr Ntiamoah Sarpong, however it seems he had been the last individual to have observed my spouse at the theater. That conference would not produce any outcome. From their demeanor, we noticed he wasn’t willing to cooperate I sensed a conflict of interest with me.
” we further petitioned the Regional wellness Directorate, but that would not additionally produce any outcome. The directorate instituted a committee to appear to the matter they developed a study justifying my wife’s death. They would not offer me the findings associated with the committee, they simply see clearly if you ask me in a meeting” he stated.
Having lost hope within the wellness system, Collins stated, we are living in“ I am saddened by the country. My wife deserves justice. She paid fees which were utilized to cover her ‘murderers’.
When contacted, the healthcare Superintendent during the Ga western Municipal Hospital, Dr Eric Sarpong-Ntiamoah, declined to discuss the issue but referred theghanareport.com into the Regional Wellness Directorate.
In accordance with him, it had been beyond him.
“The truth associated with the matter is the fact that, yes we recognize the title associated with dead, we recognize the title associated with grievance.
“The regrettable thing is this instance moved beyond me personally. He reported in my experience in which he felt dissatisfied. Therefore he petitioned the Regional Director of wellness, whom duly put up an investigative team therefore the group arrived right right here, paid attention to us and heard him, ” he said.
He proceeded, “So, the committee sat and delivered their are accountable to the Regional Director, the Regional Director duly called Collins and disseminated the given information to him”
“It could be the Regional Director who are able to provide any information on whatever had been discovered or no matter what outcome ended up being, it really is he said beyond me.
When theghanareport.com contacted the Regional wellness Director, Dr Charity Sarpong, she additionally declined to consult with the explanation that is same the problem had been beyond her.
She referred theghanareport.com towards the mind of Legal Affairs, Dr Emmanuel Ankrah.
” This matter is in the clear presence of their attorney, therefore, we don’t know very well what else he’s after….so beyond me personally since when Collins petitioned my office, we constituted a group, the committee’s findings had been told him you talk to the pinnacle of Legal Ghana wellness Service, he can well talk with the matter, ” she stated.
A contact delivered to Dr Ankrah on is yet to be responded to, although he promised to do so in a phone call wednesday.
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