By Benjamin Xornam Glover, TEMA February 15, 2017
The Management of Tema General Hospital has instituted an enquiry last Saturday's incident at the Community 9 public cemetery where the burial process of a male adult was disrupted by an alleged mortuary staff of the hospital.
A statement signed by the Medical Director of the TGH, Dr. Kwabena Opoku-Adusei sighted by the Daily Graphic said management takes a serious view of the incident and has set up processes to look into the case of the individual involved.
"We want to reiterate the fact the management has out in place official and formalised way of depositing dead bodies at the Hospital morgue and retrieving same. Any other unofficial arrangement become personal." The statement said.
AGREEMENT
Dr Opuku-Adusei also implored the general public as part of customer care processes, to honour and respect agreements made between parties be it official or unofficial.
Dr Opuku-Adusei also implored the general public as part of customer care processes, to honour and respect agreements made between parties be it official or unofficial.
He assured the general public that any staff who brings the name of the hospital into disrepute would be disciplined in accordance with the Code of Conduct and Disciplinary procedures of the Ghana Health Service.
The statement also cautioned that the general public that any patients who absconds or attempts to abscond from the hospital after recovery would be handed over to the police for proper legal action.
SEIZURE
It would be recalled that mourners who had gone to the Tema Community 9 Public Cemetery to bury a deceased relative had the shock of their lives when an undertaker reportedly stormed the graveyard to demand an outstanding debt of Gh¢40 from relatives of a deceased for services he rendered.
It would be recalled that mourners who had gone to the Tema Community 9 Public Cemetery to bury a deceased relative had the shock of their lives when an undertaker reportedly stormed the graveyard to demand an outstanding debt of Gh¢40 from relatives of a deceased for services he rendered.
The undertaker had prepared the body of the male elderly man at the Tema General Hospital Mortuary for burial and after family members failed to pay the balance, he stormed the cemetery to demand his money.
After a failed attempt to collect the balance owed him, the undertaker confiscated the body of the deceased from family members who had gone to the cemetery and with the help of an assistant, carried it shoulder high with the intention of returning it to the morgue.
After a series of pleadings of the mourners and family of the deceased, the balance was paid to pave way for the burial.
Writer's email: benjamin.glover@graphic.com.gh
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