Father of late Aburi Girls student gives an account of what happened

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Uncle James 3 months ago

If the narrative is anything to go by, then the headmistress is not qualified to head a school, not even a community day school.
It is very sad, to say the least.

If the narrative is anything to go by, then the headmistress is not qualified to head a school, not even a community day school.
It is very sad, to say the least.
m.sel 3 months ago

Hmnnnnnn….I am a very sad person at this point…systemic failure

Hmnnnnnn….I am a very sad person at this point…systemic failure
sonofgod 3 months ago

they only know how to levy fees . stupid headmistress. What is the school bus there for? send the child to hospital before trying to reach the parents. Are the parents doctors ? dismiss this stupid headmistress if the story i ...
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they only know how to levy fees . stupid headmistress. What is the school bus there for? send the child to hospital before trying to reach the parents. Are the parents doctors ? dismiss this stupid headmistress if the story is true .only in useless country with useless leaders will people in authority behave like this
President pikin 3 months ago

They are indeed wikid, how can you look at the young girl to die without taking her to the hospital

They are indeed wikid, how can you look at the young girl to die without taking her to the hospital
Kwaku 3 months ago

I don't think the narrative is detail the authorities shd investigate bcoz Tetteh Quarshie Hospital is just some 10minutes drive.These are part of the reason why some of us are demanding the deboardinisation of most of our SH ...
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I don't think the narrative is detail the authorities shd investigate bcoz Tetteh Quarshie Hospital is just some 10minutes drive.These are part of the reason why some of us are demanding the deboardinisation of most of our SHS.We don't have competent hands to handle the children.Again the govt hasn't got enough money to remunerate some of these teaching staff to motivate them or supply their First Aid.
Konongo Kaya 3 months ago

Please read the article again. The father reiterated that the school called him at least 3 times before calling his wife. The question to ask is, "Why didn't he pick the call?" Could it be that the headmistress needed for per ...
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Please read the article again. The father reiterated that the school called him at least 3 times before calling his wife. The question to ask is, "Why didn't he pick the call?" Could it be that the headmistress needed for pertinent information or permission from him before taking the girl to the hospital? Though it is unfortunate that the father lost his daughter, l still believe that if he had picked the headmistress call earlier, the story would have been difference. The reason why it is call a "Mobile Phone" is that, you carry it with you wherever you go due to emergency situations. This must be a lesson to all who refuse to pick up their calls. You may not know who is calling, or the purpose of the calling until you pick it up. A word to the wise is "IN THE NORTH." Lol!
Liliput. 3 months ago

This behavior of not picking a call from an unknown number must stopped. In this era of fraud, one can pick any call and when the one on the other side is telling unfamiliar things, then you cut the call. But refusing to pic ...
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This behavior of not picking a call from an unknown number must stopped. In this era of fraud, one can pick any call and when the one on the other side is telling unfamiliar things, then you cut the call. But refusing to pick up the call could result in a disaster as in this case.
Lawer 3 months ago

It is the duty of the school to immediately seek medical treatment for the student before calling the parents. On admitting the child in the school they confirmed her NHIS Card. Why the card? Because of medical she emergencie ...
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It is the duty of the school to immediately seek medical treatment for the student before calling the parents. On admitting the child in the school they confirmed her NHIS Card. Why the card? Because of medical she emergencies.
The headmistress and the house mistress should be held liable. In most of the schools when our wards complain about their health issues, they usually do not care for the reason that they might not be lying.
Some must be done.
Sadik 3 months ago

Not de duty of a father to come send daughter to hospital. If fada were staying in Bawku, do u expect him to fly to de school. De sch is culpable and must face it.

Not de duty of a father to come send daughter to hospital. If fada were staying in Bawku, do u expect him to fly to de school. De sch is culpable and must face it.
Ojah 3 months ago

You are so right! From the man's own narration, it seems there is enough blame to go around. We all know schools in Ghana don't call you because your child is an excellent student. The man probably just didn't want to be both ...
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You are so right! From the man's own narration, it seems there is enough blame to go around. We all know schools in Ghana don't call you because your child is an excellent student. The man probably just didn't want to be bothered! I know of a similar situation where a man who didn't want to be bothered later turned to accuse his wife of not letting him know that their daughter was sick in school. Luckily for them, it wasn't a deadly situation and their daughter came out okay. We send our kids to school to learn, but we are still the ones ultimately responsible for their welfare and should be in no way distant from that responsibility!
SP 3 months ago

Stop what you are saying. A whole school can't reason well enough to send the girl to the nearest hospital? You want the father to be present or get him on phone first. Very sad.

Stop what you are saying. A whole school can't reason well enough to send the girl to the nearest hospital? You want the father to be present or get him on phone first. Very sad.
Mahama is coming like cakia 3 months ago

Sti being an asshole ,what permission,people like you are the reason we are where we are,idiot

Sti being an asshole ,what permission,people like you are the reason we are where we are,idiot
Oklemekuku 3 months ago

Why was the girl not sent to hospital? The father's inability to pick her call was m license for the girl to be kept at the dorm. When my kids were in high school, we got calls from their schools that they were sick and on ...
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Why was the girl not sent to hospital? The father's inability to pick her call was m license for the girl to be kept at the dorm. When my kids were in high school, we got calls from their schools that they were sick and on admission. They were never left at their dormitories or whatever. Headmistress and her team failed this student and her family
Toto Fitter 3 months ago

You are absolutely spot on. I was a student at Accra Academy and, a boarder.I was once very ill suddenly during lessons.I was taken to the Kaneshie Polyclinic immediately by one of the teachers who stayed with me all the tim ...
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You are absolutely spot on. I was a student at Accra Academy and, a boarder.I was once very ill suddenly during lessons.I was taken to the Kaneshie Polyclinic immediately by one of the teachers who stayed with me all the time.This was in the late 60s,early 70s.
While the girl was at the school,the authorities at the school had a duty of care.They did not discharge their responsibilities very well.
u joe 3 months ago

@konongo,you better fuckup! someone is dying and you are hear talkin albout permision b4 sending her to the hosp.that is bullshit!!

@konongo,you better fuckup! someone is dying and you are hear talkin albout permision b4 sending her to the hosp.that is bullshit!!
The Spear 3 months ago

The school DOESN'T NEED permission from parents to send her to the hospital in an emergency situation because at the moment she is in school, the responsibility lies squarely with the school. As soon as she's not feeling well ...
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The school DOESN'T NEED permission from parents to send her to the hospital in an emergency situation because at the moment she is in school, the responsibility lies squarely with the school. As soon as she's not feeling well and it's established they couldn't account for what's happening to her, she should be taken immediately to the hospital and the parents informed and asked to come to the hospital.

I don't pick calls nowadays if I don't know who it's coming from as you can get hacked just picking a call! There's a lot of hacking attempts actually in Ghana.
sonofgod 3 months ago

stupid comment . Does the headmistress need permission before taking the child who was under their care to hospital ?

stupid comment . Does the headmistress need permission before taking the child who was under their care to hospital ?
Martin Kreisler 3 months ago

Since when did a boarding school require permission or special information from a parent before sending a seriously sick child to the hospital. What if the parents are resident in the Upper Regions or outside the country. Wou ...
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Since when did a boarding school require permission or special information from a parent before sending a seriously sick child to the hospital. What if the parents are resident in the Upper Regions or outside the country. Would they still be required to rush down and pick the child to hospital. The school authorities have a responsibility to the children, the parents and the tax payers of Ghana, whose money is used to pay them. A similar incident occurred in a popular school in the Ashanti Region, when a house mistress caused the death of a student under similar circumstances. Apparently, the matter was swept under the carpet. This is a case that boarders on criminal negligence and action must be taken to deter such evil acts in the future. Think deeply when defending the indefensible.
Samaritan 3 months ago

does the headmistress need permission before she takes a dying student to hospital? please come again, what kind of information

does the headmistress need permission before she takes a dying student to hospital? please come again, what kind of information
Sly 3 months ago

Boarding schools are now grave yards. The facilities are just not there to take care of basic needs of the students. It is better to let our wards attend the community day schools.
1. The food given to them is very bad
2. D ...
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Boarding schools are now grave yards. The facilities are just not there to take care of basic needs of the students. It is better to let our wards attend the community day schools.
1. The food given to them is very bad
2. Dormitories are very crowded and a whole lot.
The condition at boarding schools are just too too bad.
Pablo Caesar 3 months ago

No matter what in an emergency situation, rush the girl to a nearby health facility and the rest will follow. I also question the competence of the nurse in charge
What protocol did she follow.Her phone should be impounded t ...
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No matter what in an emergency situation, rush the girl to a nearby health facility and the rest will follow. I also question the competence of the nurse in charge
What protocol did she follow.Her phone should be impounded to check if she were not tic- tucking.
My sympathize with the parents
John Mark 3 months ago

Sad story indeed. I'm deeply worried that for over 24 hours, no official statement from the school or GES has come out to clarify issues.
These teachers sometimes become overly protective and put the lives of innocent kids ...
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Sad story indeed. I'm deeply worried that for over 24 hours, no official statement from the school or GES has come out to clarify issues.
These teachers sometimes become overly protective and put the lives of innocent kids into danger. Just send the child to the hospital. Why do you call the father?. Is he a medical doctor?. Even if he one, the place of the child at this point should be at the hospital. Teachers These days panic with little things from these young students. In the olden days most later day teachers would have run away from their students. Students of today are very young and will need extra care for them to achieve their full potential.
King 3 months ago

Can someone hack the system of this ghanaweb outlet again. They just write and paste just thinking about money. What headline is this. Later or late

Can someone hack the system of this ghanaweb outlet again. They just write and paste just thinking about money. What headline is this. Later or late
Funny World 3 months ago

Heads must roll as most of these heads are not fit to be at their posts.

Heads must roll as most of these heads are not fit to be at their posts.
TrueTrue 3 months ago

Very sad. God please comfort this family and help us!

Very sad. God please comfort this family and help us!
Eminent1 3 months ago

Atleast, the headmistress could have done better to take her to the hospital first ,but, l invited her father to come to the hospital. The headmistress must be blamed.

Atleast, the headmistress could have done better to take her to the hospital first ,but, l invited her father to come to the hospital. The headmistress must be blamed.
SCHEMER 3 months ago

Needless death if thar was the case. It happened to a good friend at Achimota hospital when in an emergency they demanded NHIS before attending to him. His wife begged them practically to attend to him and that she will do i ...
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Needless death if thar was the case. It happened to a good friend at Achimota hospital when in an emergency they demanded NHIS before attending to him. His wife begged them practically to attend to him and that she will do it, but they refused until the wife rushed to do it, only to come find her husband dead. The insurance was made for man and not the other way round. Doctors and nurses must first save lives before thinking about money.
Papillon. 3 months ago

The Ghanaian society is gradually becoming a heartless one. The prevailing desperate economic conditions have made citizens immune to the basic calls of humanity.
The head mistress would have attended to the girl's plight i ...
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The Ghanaian society is gradually becoming a heartless one. The prevailing desperate economic conditions have made citizens immune to the basic calls of humanity.
The head mistress would have attended to the girl's plight in a different manner had the parents been rich. Ghana is finished folks.
Baron 3 months ago

Something is not right with this narrative. No school authority will see a student lying unconscious and not take any action.
Let’s not jump into conclusion, let’s wait to hear from the school as well.
By now, I expect ...
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Something is not right with this narrative. No school authority will see a student lying unconscious and not take any action.
Let’s not jump into conclusion, let’s wait to hear from the school as well.
By now, I expect investigations to be going on and definitely, the school will also come out.
Tinquash 3 months ago

Sue Ghana education simple they are all bunch of idiots

Sue Ghana education simple they are all bunch of idiots
Eric 3 months ago

Going by the report, the headmistress is very heartless and not a mother. As a mother, your daughter is sick dying and all you can do is to watch on as she dies. Very incompetent headmistress!! Very disgrace mother. As good h ...
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Going by the report, the headmistress is very heartless and not a mother. As a mother, your daughter is sick dying and all you can do is to watch on as she dies. Very incompetent headmistress!! Very disgrace mother. As good headmistress, take the girl to the hospital and let her parents come foot the bill. Is this difficult? You just damage the good image of the school
Joe 3 months ago

This useless Free Education. This are sine of the consequences of anything free. The school authorities are handicapped. Hmmmmm. MAY HER SOUL REST PEACEFULLY

This useless Free Education. This are sine of the consequences of anything free. The school authorities are handicapped. Hmmmmm. MAY HER SOUL REST PEACEFULLY
KK 3 months ago

That's how our shs heads are doing, in night you see the students running towards the road side looking for taxi to pick a sick student to school and if they get some it's the same student who will send the sick person to s ...
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That's how our shs heads are doing, in night you see the students running towards the road side looking for taxi to pick a sick student to school and if they get some it's the same student who will send the sick person to school without any teacher, ah, then the student will call you to inform you ofyou child sickness. Then the school cars are parked there . It's too bad. I have witness so many times, even just last two weeks my daughter was sick in the night it's was her room mate who send her to the hospital and use taxi driver,s number she called , my place too night is bad so if they couldn't get me, what will happen and if I'm fare from the school? Now we have selfish Head Masters and mistress in our schools. They will collect ¢ 400 and ¢200 for PTA for nothing. God help us.
KK 3 months ago

That's how our shs heads are doing, in night you see the students running towards the road side looking for taxi to pick a sick student to hospital and if they get some it's the same student who will send the sick person to h ...
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That's how our shs heads are doing, in night you see the students running towards the road side looking for taxi to pick a sick student to hospital and if they get some it's the same student who will send the sick person to hospital without any teacher, ah, then the student will call you to inform you ofyou child sickness. Then the school cars are parked there . It's too bad. I have witness so many times, even just last two weeks my daughter was sick in the night it's was her room mate who send her to the hospital and use taxi driver,s number she called , my place too night is bad so if they couldn't get me, what will happen and if I'm fare from the school? Now we have selfish Head Masters and mistress in our schools. They will collect ¢ 400 and ¢200 for PTA for nothing. God help us.
Gborlahn 3 months ago

So if somebody's child is staying with me and is suddenly taken ill, I can't rush her to the nearest hospital but sit beside her on the floor and be calling her parents to arrive before we decide what to do. Even if the paren ...
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So if somebody's child is staying with me and is suddenly taken ill, I can't rush her to the nearest hospital but sit beside her on the floor and be calling her parents to arrive before we decide what to do. Even if the parents are at Bolgatanga. The issue about the parents not picking up the calls should not even be questioned here.

The big problem in this country is that, we don't know how to be responsible or act responsibly.
Sad story 3 months ago

Both parties are to be blamed for the death of this poor girl. Parents and school. A father got a call on February 4th to pick up his sick child? , the child died on February 6th? When the father got there the child was unco ...
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Both parties are to be blamed for the death of this poor girl. Parents and school. A father got a call on February 4th to pick up his sick child? , the child died on February 6th? When the father got there the child was unconscious on the same 6th February. So 2 days gap between school calling and parents reaching school.... Hmmmm
Naa Deedei 3 months ago

This report is one-sided. It is therefore wrong for to lambast the Headmistress or the School when we haven't heard their side of the story. How sure are we that the School authorities had not already previously given her med ...
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This report is one-sided. It is therefore wrong for to lambast the Headmistress or the School when we haven't heard their side of the story. How sure are we that the School authorities had not already previously given her medical attention before she probably later got worse and they had to send for her parents? Ask yourself also that in which girls school will a male visitor be allowed into a dormitory to pick his sick child lying on a floor with a teacher and friends sitting over her? Something in the story doesn't add up. Let us seek the full details before we judge. May her sweet soul rest in peace.
Zamata 3 months ago

Very unfortunate and tragic. Condolences.
If you know you child has medical issues, don't take him or her to a faraway school.

Very unfortunate and tragic. Condolences.
If you know you child has medical issues, don't take him or her to a faraway school.
Stupid Ghana 3 months ago

I don't understand how structures in Ghana work. Everybody from the president to labourers are all stupid. Please, press charges against these stupid people.

I don't understand how structures in Ghana work. Everybody from the president to labourers are all stupid. Please, press charges against these stupid people.
Elephant Farmer 3 months ago

In case of emergency you have to bring the student to the hospital. Phone calls and NHIS card can not safe a life. Hospital bills must be paid and what is priority by arrival in a hospital, saving a life or showing a useless ...
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In case of emergency you have to bring the student to the hospital. Phone calls and NHIS card can not safe a life. Hospital bills must be paid and what is priority by arrival in a hospital, saving a life or showing a useless NHIS card? The headmistress did the wrong thing. This sick student was laying on the bare floor, why. There is something in the Bush. Aburi, E / R ??? Hmmm. Unbelievable.
Kojo 3 months ago

Hmm, we must hear from both sides before we judge.

Hmm, we must hear from both sides before we judge.
Rick 3 months ago

Everyone is very angry at what has happened as this is a needless senseless lost of life. But to analyze this from the fathers narrative:

1. When they had finally reached his wife why did he not implicitly instruct the he ...
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Everyone is very angry at what has happened as this is a needless senseless lost of life. But to analyze this from the fathers narrative:

1. When they had finally reached his wife why did he not implicitly instruct the headmistress to take the child to the hospital and you were on your way? How many minutes or hours were between the 3 calls?

2. The child under care is a patient and has right to refuse treatment, if the child says I want my parents to come pick me who are the school authorities to bundle her to the hospital against her wish. They would have been facing same.

3. I say this respectfully, if this girl is JW and they would require transfusion would it not be prudent the authorities get a green light before getting sued on religious ground. A woman in Spain has taken Dr’s who saved her life to court for not letting her die instead of the transfusing her with blood.

The headmistress might have been trying to be careful but ended up in the same hole anyways.

Until we hear the school’s side of the story I will not be quick to cast blames.

May her soul rest with the Lord.
Whitle 3 months ago

In situations like this you expect the GES or the Ministry of Education to issue a statement sympathizing with the deceased family and promising to conduct investigations after getting all the facts. But they are quite. The M ...
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In situations like this you expect the GES or the Ministry of Education to issue a statement sympathizing with the deceased family and promising to conduct investigations after getting all the facts. But they are quite. The Minister of Education said he had a responsible position on the west coast in the US, is this how an educational system he was part of handle the situation? I do not know the Minister of Education or who heads the GES but their reaction up to now is really f$&@kup. Kids in Ghana schools are constantly traumatized by sadisctic and incompetent teacher and in most cases faces no repercussions for their actions or behavior. Get to the bottom of this case and provide justice for the victim’s family. What a sad and needless death albeit the existence of any previous medical condition.
Kalimba Mozambo 3 months ago

@Whitle.
The regional minister said today that investigations have started on this case.

@Whitle.
The regional minister said today that investigations have started on this case.
Walanyo Akwatia 3 months ago

The school must be held for the deaf of the school girl.So sad.

The school must be held for the deaf of the school girl.So sad.
Joe wus 3 months ago

I don’t know the country but I feel sad for them.
The headmistress should either be sack or punish.
And the school should be sue for the death of the girl.

That’s my opinion

I don’t know the country but I feel sad for them.
The headmistress should either be sack or punish.
And the school should be sue for the death of the girl.

That’s my opinion
DABIEM KAE! 3 months ago

sudden onset of abdominal pain especially in the right lower quadrant should be taken very seriously. If the abdominal pain is accompanied with fever, meaning high temperature, the person should be rushed to the nearest medic ...
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sudden onset of abdominal pain especially in the right lower quadrant should be taken very seriously. If the abdominal pain is accompanied with fever, meaning high temperature, the person should be rushed to the nearest medical facility for an emergency surgery. This condition is called appendicitis. Delay is not an option. I can predict it is what killed the beautiful young girl. RIP.

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