The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched an investigation into reports that a patient on admission at the Winneba Trauma Hospital was allegedly dumped in the bush in Gomoa Ojobi in the Central Region.
Earlier, media reports alleged that the said patient who was on admission at the Trauma and Specialist Hospital in Winneba was conveyed in the hospital’s ambulance and left in a wheelchair at Ojobi where she claimed to be her hometown and was later found dead after her relatives had failed to show up,.
However, In a statement on Friday (14 June), The Ghana Health Service (GHS) said, ” The Service upon receiving this disturbing news, 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 action(s)”.
The GHS has, therefore, 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.
