The household of a girl who not too long ago gave delivery at Salaga Public Hospital within the Savannah area is demanding a direct and unbiased investigation into the alleged disappearance of their new child child woman.
The household has accused some workers on the facility, notably the midwife working on the time, of doable involvement within the incident, and is interesting to the Minister of Well being Kwabena Minta Akandoh and the Ghanaian Director-Normal of Well being to intervene and assist reunite the kid together with her baby.
discuss to adom informationthe girl’s husband, Gabuja Simon, mentioned he took his spouse to the hospital to offer delivery round 4 a.m. Wednesday.
He mentioned that between 9am and 10am, nurses knowledgeable him that his spouse had safely given delivery to a wholesome child woman.
“The nurses advised me my spouse had given delivery to a child woman, however neither I nor my household had been allowed to see the child, regardless of a number of requests,” Simon claimed.
He additional claimed that after his spouse was transferred from the labor ward to the postnatal ward, the midwife instructed her to go to city to purchase medicines.
“We had been shocked once we returned from city and had been advised that the child was not discovered. To this present day, we have no idea the place the kid is,” he mentioned.
Mr Simon described the incident as suspicious and claimed it might have been a premeditated try to steal the child.
“We would like the authorities to conduct an intensive and unbiased investigation. We want solutions and we wish our child again.”
He mentioned the matter was reported to Salaga police, who arrested the midwife and one other nurse who had been on responsibility on the time of the alleged disappearance.
He mentioned the suspects had been initially detained in Salaga and later transferred to Tamale to help within the ongoing investigation.
“The 2 well being employees had been later arraigned in a courtroom in Tamale, the place their bail was denied they usually had been remanded in custody. They’re scheduled to reappear in courtroom on June 18, 2026,” Simon mentioned.
In the meantime, Salaga Public Hospital administrator Aloysius Bukuma mentioned no such incident had ever been recorded within the facility’s historical past.
“That is the primary time such an incident has occurred in a hospital,” Bokma mentioned.
He denied claims that hospital authorities deliberately prevented the household from seeing the child, explaining that the realm the household tried to entry was a restricted space of the ability.
“The household was not denied entry to the child. The world they requested entry to is a restricted space of the hospital and unauthorized individuals aren’t allowed to enter,” he defined.
Bukuma identified that whereas circumstances of toddler abandonment are often recorded on the facility, complaints of lacking newborns are unprecedented.
“There have been circumstances of toddler abandonment up to now, however no case involving the disappearance of a new child has ever been recorded,” he added.
He assured the general public that the hospital is cooperating absolutely with safety businesses to ascertain the details of the incident.
“We’re absolutely cooperating with legislation enforcement authorities and stay absolutely dedicated to figuring out what occurred.”
