Ridge Hospital allowed us to bathe our infected dead relative – Family

The family of a 49-year-old woman who died at Ridge Hospital in Accra have accused the facility’s management of neglect after relatives were allowed access to the deceased’s body despite her COVID-19 status.

According to the family of the late Adiza Mohammed, authorities in Ridge allowed them to seize and bathe the body after his death without any knowledge of his COVID status. They told GHOne TV’s Fritz Delanyo Amegashie on Friday that the hospital allowed them to feed and touch her when she was admitted before her death.

The deceased, a mother of four, was admitted to Ridge Hospital on Friday, February 19, 2021, but passed away on Sunday, February 21. The family, however, were made aware of her COVID status after being deceased by the hospital.

Family members challenging their parent’s cause of death say the hospital also failed to alert the COVID-19 task force to search for contracts because no one in the family have not been checked or tested for possible virus contraction since their parent death.

When contacted about the development, Ridge officials denied the allegations but said they would be investigated.

The vaccine is coming

President Akufo-Addo will receive the first dose of the initial batch of COVID-19 vaccines that arrived in the country on Wednesday.

“President Akufo-Addo will be the first to be vaccinated,” revealed Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, Presidential Health Advisor.

According to Dr Nsiah-Asare, the decision to have the President take the first vaccine “is to assure Ghanaians that the vaccines are safe and that any other reactions such as headache, dizziness or pain are all usual with every vaccination” , he mentioned.

With Ghana recording more than 80,000 cases and more than 580 deaths from the virus, the presidential health adviser noted that it would be in the country’s interest for Ghanaians to avail themselves of the vaccine when the opportunity arose.

“We encourage everyone to take the opportunity to get vaccinated. It is safe and we want other Ghanaians abroad to also broadcast their videos to encourage others in Ghana ”.

Ghana has received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines as part of a UN-backed global vaccine sharing program as part of efforts to enable equitable access to vaccines by low- and middle-income countries .

— starrfm