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General News of Saturday, July 6, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-07-06
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Following contradictory reports of alleged torture to a journalist, a doctor urged the medical report to exercise caution in accepting the medical report concerning him as conclusive evidence proving or reversing the allegation.
Judge Yankson argued in Joy News News on Saturday that factors that come into play before consulting a doctor could affect the report.
Factors such as a victim who is slow to consult a doctor or who takes a form of anti-inflammatory medication before seeing a doctor may conceal evidence of torture.
This makes such reports not entirely reliable, he said.
Several media reported conflicting information about the torture of three journalists working with Modernghana.com and Peace FM, local media.
Emmanuel Britwum, Emmanuel Ajafor Abugri and Yaw Obeng Manu, arrested for cybercrime, claimed to have been tortured during their detention on National Security premises.
But Emmanuel Britwum (one of those who already formulated the allegation) denied the torture allegation.
An alleged medical report circulating in the media, to which Dr Yankson allegedly referred, confirmed allegations that there was no torture.
However, Dr. Yankson said that such a report, if it is proven that it is genuine, should not be considered determinant for what has actually happened.
He also warned against violating the patient's rights by making his medical records available to the public without legal authorization.
According to him, medical institutions in possession of such records can not disclose them, even under duress, without the court's permission.
This warning, he said, does not prevent investigators from working on a case involving patients' medical records.
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