Family blames hospital negligence for death of student

Europa

June 19, 2017 11:51 AM

The family believes that the student would have survived if the nurses had been proactive.

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Relatives of a US based Ghanaian medical student who died at the 37 military Hospital have accused the hospital of negligence.

The student, Justice Nana Wusu Dankwa was allegedly sent to the hospital Wednesday morning by the Golden Tulip shuttle driver after complaining of chest pains.

He was said to have asked for oxygen from the nurses at the medical emergency unit right after he arrived at the hospital.

But sources told Accra-based Starr FM that the patient was left unattended to for close to 10 minutes.

He was later given the oxygen mask of another patient. He, however, died four minutes later after he was given oxygen.

A cousin of the deceased, Nana Kwakyewa Sarpong has blamed hospital authorities for Dankwa’s death.

“I can confidently say that they were negligent in the sense that if they had oxygen on standby, I don’t think that they would have denied him oxygen. “I would blame the hospital and the nurses and doctors on duty, they denied him of oxygen, meaning they were negligent…I know they would deny it…but they need to be responsible for their actions,” he told Accra-based Starr FM.

Meanwhile, hospital authorities are yet to comment on the matter.

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