The Public Relations Officer for Nurses at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Sarah Danquah, has strongly defended Rejoice Tsotso Bortei, the Ridge Hospital nurse who was allegedly assaulted.

Reacting to the committee’s final report, which concluded that there was no medical evidence of a dislocation or fracture, she suggested it might be possible, the nurse may have been massaged at home before undergoing the examination.

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Offering a medical explanation, Danquah said a dislocation occurs when a bone is forced out of its joint, adding that a massage could return the bone to its original position.

Speaking on Starr FM on Thursday, August 28, 2025, Danquah added that the evidence at the hospital could not have been tampered with, as the facility was heavily guarded by security personnel.

“Of course, every other thing they have stated is really right because on the night of the incident when the girl felt that she had a dislocation she went home to sleep and came to work the next morning. What if when she got home, her mother started pulling her hand, rubbing things? In crime reports they have spoilt the whole incident. Is dislocation a fracture?” she questioned.

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Danquah added, “Dislocation is that it [the bone] has moved from the socket. She’s a Ga girl and so what if she went to her people and they pulled it [massaged] and it's now back into the socket? There is evidence. So, if the next day, the doctor who saw [examined] her said there was no dislocation, yes, it could be; because the lady did not stay in the hospital 24 hours, barricaded by BNI just so she could have tampered with evidence.”

Watch her remarks in the video below:



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