Dodowa: Shots are fired at a hospital as ground guards face off

Seven people were arrested Wednesday by police in Dodowa, Shai Osudoku District of Greater Accra, following disturbances at the Shai-Osudoku District Hospital.

The A bloody clash took place in the hospital premises after the shooting between land guards and landowners, causing several injuries on Wednesday.

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Some victims of a fight over land issues had been wounded with machetes and had been taken to hospital for treatment, but the other faction had besieged the hospital for the purpose to continue the struggle.

Several other people suspected of residing in and around Dodowa, who played a major role in the unrest, have been placed on the list of wanted persons by the police to facilitate investigations into the incident.

According to the police, the group as a whole had previously attacked a real estate developer, Bright Oppong-Baah, who had asked police for permission to start construction work on a piece of land that he claimed have bought in the area.

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According to the Dodowa Divisional Police Commander, Superintendent Patrick Kwapong, shortly after Mr. Oppong-Baah's visit, the badailants also went to the police to claim ownership of the same property.

District police commander, DSP Harrison Katso, however, asked the group to produce documents covering the territory, as Oppong-Baah had previously submitted the titles and other necessary documents covering the territory.

The police officer stated that the group had dispersed and returned a few hours later, some wielding a shotgun, a pistol with bruises, "claiming to have been attacked by Oppong-Baah and his group.

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They were then given a police form to get to the hospital, after which the investigator in the case followed up at the district hospital only to realize that two members Oppong's group had already been taken to the same hospital because they had had severe head injuries from a machete attack.

According to the police, the wounds allegedly were inflicted by the warring group that was previously said to have been attacked, "said Superintendent Kwapong. Graph online.

The two wounded, who he said were in critical condition, had been sent to Korle Bu University Hospital for treatment, while the police at went in search of the leaders of the group, who also shot blindly in the air at the hospital before fleeing.

Meanwhile, in a radio interview monitored by the Graph online News Desk on Accra based Citi FM Thursday Morning, Dr. Ken Brightson, medical director of the Dodowa District Hospital, said that the hospital authorities were actively caring for the wounded, but that angry groups seized the installation to continue their fight.

He said the scene had become more chaotic when he insisted that medical attention be given to some victims in a vehicle taken to the police station to write a statement.

Indeed, the only police officer in the vehicle with the other victims called for reinforcement, and the presence of the team resulted in a fight and gunfire.

"I stopped a car that took some of the victims to save their lives because I have a responsibility to keep them alive before the police report. A policewoman accompanied them to the police station, so they will write their statement. So she had to call for reinforcement. As soon as the team arrived home, the situation became chaotic. They started to fight. Some of the injured victims also participated in the fight.

according to Dr. In Brighton, recovering patients were traumatized by repeated firing that left the hospital in chaos.

"In trying to separate the fight, there was a first gunshots and everyone in the hospital, including the patients, started running without stopping. The incident occurred behind the recovery room. Patients who had had surgery and were resting were therefore worried. When there was a second shot, the confusion was total, "he said.