A nursing mother has disclosed that she lost her three-day-old baby at the Tema General Hospital on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, allegedly due to the power outage at the facility.
Rashida Abubakar Tetteh, the 24-year-old troubled mother has disclosed that she was currently admitted to the Post C-S ward of the hospital when she was told by a doctor that the son couldn’t survive due to the non-functional medical equipment during the power outage.
“I went to visit my son but I didn’t see him. I was waiting outside when one doctor came to inform me that they were sorry but due to the lights out, my child could not survive because the incubator was not working.
“The lights went off on Tuesday evening. No staff has spoken to me, and they haven’t said anything to me,” she on Accra-based Adom FM.
Grandmother of the deceased baby, Rebecca Johnson, also expressed grief over the development.
“It’s painful, they have killed my child because of dumsor; I am in pain. We have nothing to say to the hospital. A hospital like Tema General said they didn’t have petrol in the generator. Is this how we are going to act in this country,” she cried.
Meanwhile, the Tema General Hospital has denied reports suggesting that the Tuesday outages caused the fatalities at the facility.
In a press release issued on Wednesday, March 27, the hospital dismissed these claims as baseless and urged the public to disregard them.
“It is worth noting that no lives were lost as a result of this power outage,” an excerpt of the statement said.
The statement emphasised the hospital’s unwavering commitment to prioritizing the health and safety of its patients above all else.
“The Tema General Hospital assures the general public that the Facility will continue to put the health and safety of its patients at the core of its business,” the statement concluded.
