Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital in the Central Region of Ghana has allegedly thrown out an accident patient by the roadside leading to her demise.
Reports on the incident indicates of an alleged discharge, transporting, and dumping of an accident patient who was reportedly suffering from what was suspected to be a mental illness old woman by the roadside near a bush at the outskirts of Gomoa Ojobi, leading to her death a week later.
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.
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.
She was taken to the hospital together with other accident victims and she reportedly stayed in the hospital at Winneba for about two months.
While all the other accident victims had relatives visiting them and taking them home after they were discharged, the said old woman never received a visitor or no family member showed up.
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.
