Man whose pregnant wife died from medical negligence wins case against Ridge Hospital, health ministry

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Mike Oquaye Jnr. 1 year ago

Hmmmm
I hope the money will bring back your wife
Otherwise brother I'm sorry for your loss
To err undead is human and tomorrow it may be your turn. Hayooo

Hmmmm
I hope the money will bring back your wife
Otherwise brother I'm sorry for your loss
To err undead is human and tomorrow it may be your turn. Hayooo
Rick 1 year ago

Ah Mike, he is not after money oooo. He needs to make them pay and that’s the only way to slap them on the face to prevent more needless death.

Do you think Ridge will pay 3 million cedis without calling a closed door m ...
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Ah Mike, he is not after money oooo. He needs to make them pay and that’s the only way to slap them on the face to prevent more needless death.

Do you think Ridge will pay 3 million cedis without calling a closed door meeting with staff and pump some hard words down their skull?

He should have demanded for 50 million cedis. Two lives have been lost through negligence.

RIP to his wife and child.
Yaw 1 year ago

You who call yourself Mike Oquaye Jnr, you are very stupid for your comment. Don’t you know that the more we take successful legal action against the institutions, the more they become alert and take their responsibility se ...
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You who call yourself Mike Oquaye Jnr, you are very stupid for your comment. Don’t you know that the more we take successful legal action against the institutions, the more they become alert and take their responsibility serious? This successful legal action will go a long way to ensure sanity in that hospital and help prevent some deaths of which your family member may be included. Some of you behave like wild animals living in deep dark forest without anything to encourage you to use your brain critically. What do you mean by to err is human? One day your close family member will surely be in the same soup. Foolish being!
Stone 1 1 year ago

That's true. May Her Soul Rest Peacefully.

That's true. May Her Soul Rest Peacefully.
Osei 1 year ago

Exactly my thoughts. There must be severe punishment for such negligence that has led to many deaths including my sister. Revocation of license to practice and jail sentences will deter people from these acts of negligence. I ...
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Exactly my thoughts. There must be severe punishment for such negligence that has led to many deaths including my sister. Revocation of license to practice and jail sentences will deter people from these acts of negligence. It's sad but such nonsense will never happen in any advance country where there are serious punitive measures for such acts.
ONLY GHc3 million award for medical negligence? OMG! 1 year ago

ONLY GHc3 million award for medical negligence INVOLVING THE DEATH OF TWO? OMG! Jesus! What's GHc3 million for the loss of not ONE BUT TWO HUMAN BEINGS?

THE JUDGE HAS DONE MUSTAPHA THE GREATEST DISSERVICE BECAUSE I BET THE ...
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ONLY GHc3 million award for medical negligence INVOLVING THE DEATH OF TWO? OMG! Jesus! What's GHc3 million for the loss of not ONE BUT TWO HUMAN BEINGS?

THE JUDGE HAS DONE MUSTAPHA THE GREATEST DISSERVICE BECAUSE I BET THE COST OF BURYING THE TWO PLUS RELATED EXPENSES WOULD HAVE FAR EXCEEDED THAT DERISORY GHc3 MILLION.

IN THE WEST, AGGRIEVED PATIENTS SUE HOSPITALS IN TENS OF MILLIONS OF USD OR EUROS EVEN IN CASES NOT AS FATAL AS THIS ONE WHICH INVOLVED TWO DEATHS.

MUSTAPHA SHOULD APPEAL AGAINST THIS DERISORY AWARD, WHICH IS AN AFFRONT, REALLY.
Lexa 1 year ago

You must be a child to be saying this.

You think forgiving an issue like this makes you a good person?

It only leads to more of such cases.

Is the money being taken out of your account?

Does the three million ...
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You must be a child to be saying this.

You think forgiving an issue like this makes you a good person?

It only leads to more of such cases.

Is the money being taken out of your account?

Does the three million in any way equal the lives that have been lost?

If it were your own sister or relative, would you be saying the same thing?
WHAT'S MUSTAPHA GOING TO DO WITH THAT DERISORY GHc3 million award for the HOSPITAL'S medical negligence or violation of the "duty of care"? OMG! 1 year ago

WHAT'S MUSTAPHA GOING TO DO WITH THAT DERISORY GHc3 million award for the HOSPITAL'S SERIOUS medical negligence case or their violation of their "duty of care", which every hospital owes their patients? OMG! THIS CAN ONLY HAP ...
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WHAT'S MUSTAPHA GOING TO DO WITH THAT DERISORY GHc3 million award for the HOSPITAL'S SERIOUS medical negligence case or their violation of their "duty of care", which every hospital owes their patients? OMG! THIS CAN ONLY HAPPEN GHANA WHERE THOSE AT THE TOP TREAT THOSE AT THE BOTTOM LIKE SUBHUMANS.

ONLY GHc3 million award for medical negligence INVOLVING THE DEATH OF TWO? OMG! Jesus! What's GHc3 million for the loss of not ONE BUT TWO HUMAN BEINGS?

THE JUDGE HAS DONE MUSTAPHA THE GREATEST DISSERVICE BECAUSE I BET THE COST OF BURYING THE TWO PLUS RELATED EXPENSES WOULD HAVE FAR EXCEEDED THAT DERISORY GHc3 MILLION.

IN THE WEST, AGGRIEVED PATIENTS SUE HOSPITALS IN TENS OF MILLIONS OF USD OR EUROS EVEN IN CASES NOT AS FATAL AS THIS ONE WHICH INVOLVED TWO DEATHS.

MUSTAPHA SHOULD APPEAL AGAINST THIS DERISORY AWARD, WHICH IS AN AFFRONT, REALLY.
Enoch 1 year ago

It's about accountability not the money. Do you know how many innocent people have died because of incompetent doctors/nurses. Let's be honest for once.

It's about accountability not the money. Do you know how many innocent people have died because of incompetent doctors/nurses. Let's be honest for once.
Gameli C. 1 year ago

Mike, you didn't think about the loss, let me remind you that life is worth more than money. I'm disappointed. Pse, come again.

Mike, you didn't think about the loss, let me remind you that life is worth more than money. I'm disappointed. Pse, come again.
Edward 1 year ago

Mike, this is a needless comment. Some of you are the reasons why medical doctors get away with negligence all the time. The doctor owes the patient the duty of care consistent with his professional standards and the law. If ...
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Mike, this is a needless comment. Some of you are the reasons why medical doctors get away with negligence all the time. The doctor owes the patient the duty of care consistent with his professional standards and the law. If a doctor negligently causes the death of his patient, the doctor and or the medical facility must suffer a detriment, in this case, award for damages which is mostly monetary. This is the law. Period
Yaw Odiasempa 1 year ago

So, to you he should have kept quiet. This is why we are where we are today. We see wrong things done and we keep quiet. In Ghana, many people are "killed" at the hospitals. I hope this victory makes them sit up and be proac ...
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So, to you he should have kept quiet. This is why we are where we are today. We see wrong things done and we keep quiet. In Ghana, many people are "killed" at the hospitals. I hope this victory makes them sit up and be proactive.
sly 1 year ago

thank you

thank you
Edie 1 year ago

Very stupid person with a stupid name, you seal like a pig

Very stupid person with a stupid name, you seal like a pig
Nana Kwame 1 year ago

It's not a matter of to er is human but a matter of accountability. I used to think like you until I witnessed gross negligence from Nurses and Doctors at the same Grester Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge) that led to the untim ...
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It's not a matter of to er is human but a matter of accountability. I used to think like you until I witnessed gross negligence from Nurses and Doctors at the same Grester Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge) that led to the untimely demise of a vulnerable lady father a month ago. The Doctors and the nurses at the Ridge hospital are simply negligent, heartless and above all unprofessional. I hope the ruling of the Court and the subsequent damages will serve as a relevant lesson to the general management and Board of Directors of the Hospital, the Ministry of Health and the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice as a whole.
WHAT'S MUSTAPHA GOING TO DO WITH THAT DERISORY GHc3 million award for the HOSPITAL'S medical negligence or violation of their "duty of care"? OMG! 1 year ago

WHAT'S MUSTAPHA GOING TO DO WITH THAT DERISORY GHc3 million award for the HOSPITAL'S SERIOUS medical negligence case or their violation of their "duty of care", which every hospital owes their patients? OMG! THIS CAN ONLY HAP ...
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WHAT'S MUSTAPHA GOING TO DO WITH THAT DERISORY GHc3 million award for the HOSPITAL'S SERIOUS medical negligence case or their violation of their "duty of care", which every hospital owes their patients? OMG! THIS CAN ONLY HAPPEN IN GHANA WHERE THOSE AT THE TOP TREAT THOSE AT THE BOTTOM LIKE SUBHUMANS.

ONLY GHc3 million award for medical negligence INVOLVING THE DEATH OF TWO? OMG! Jesus! What's GHc3 million for the loss of not ONE BUT TWO HUMAN BEINGS?

THE JUDGE HAS DONE MUSTAPHA THE GREATEST DISSERVICE BECAUSE I BET THE COST OF BURYING THE TWO PLUS RELATED EXPENSES WOULD HAVE FAR EXCEEDED THAT DERISORY GHc3 MILLION AWARD.

IN THE WEST, AGGRIEVED PATIENTS SUE HOSPITALS IN TENS OF MILLIONS OF USD OR EUROS EVEN IN CASES NOT AS FATAL AS THIS ONE WHICH INVOLVED TWO DEATHS.

MUSTAPHA SHOULD APPEAL AGAINST THIS DERISORY AWARD, WHICH IS AN AFFRONT, REALLY
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It won't but there's what is called accountability. The whites do this to exact a pound of flesh and as a deterrence against making the same error towards others. That's how to make the world a better place, when hospitals ...
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Mike Oquaye Jnr. 1 year ago

Hmmmm
I hope the money will bring back your wife
Otherwise brother I'm sorry for your loss
To err indeed is huma. Today you are pointing fingers. The same finger will point at you tomorrow Hayooo

Hmmmm
I hope the money will bring back your wife
Otherwise brother I'm sorry for your loss
To err indeed is huma. Today you are pointing fingers. The same finger will point at you tomorrow Hayooo
Mr Patapa 1 year ago

The family should have sought a second opinion on the need for surgery.Trust me if the operation handnt been done the mother would have delivered peacefully and birth and mother would have been alive today.The hospital are us ...
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The family should have sought a second opinion on the need for surgery.Trust me if the operation handnt been done the mother would have delivered peacefully and birth and mother would have been alive today.The hospital are using old equipment that dont give good results.
Kojo Sromani 1 year ago

It's not about equipment. These things happen in even more advanced hospitals with sophisticated equipment in developed countries once there is negligence of a sort. The Ridge hospital is a modern hospital new and advanced eq ...
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It's not about equipment. These things happen in even more advanced hospitals with sophisticated equipment in developed countries once there is negligence of a sort. The Ridge hospital is a modern hospital new and advanced equipment. Please follow the story and get the facts right.
P 1 year ago

I hope others will take more hospitals to court to avoid this needless death normally caused by the hospital management and staff

I hope others will take more hospitals to court to avoid this needless death normally caused by the hospital management and staff
Ghanaman 1 year ago

What do the hospital staff lose? This money will not come from any of their pockets, as it is a government hospital. It will be taken from the funds needed to improve the hospital. Their negligence only punishes the whole cou ...
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What do the hospital staff lose? This money will not come from any of their pockets, as it is a government hospital. It will be taken from the funds needed to improve the hospital. Their negligence only punishes the whole country.
yawa 1 year ago

The more reason why we should uphold accountability and call a spade a spade. The hospital was negligent and they needed to be punished for that. Besides it is a wake-up call for all the other public hospitals - the ghana hea ...
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The more reason why we should uphold accountability and call a spade a spade. The hospital was negligent and they needed to be punished for that. Besides it is a wake-up call for all the other public hospitals - the ghana health service has a responsibility towtards its customers i.e. patients. Ghanaians have become more discerning than before and it is about time we have a mental change. The woman will not resurrect, we know that, but justice has been served
Yaw 1 year ago

At Ghana man, have you heard of medical officers whose licenses have been revoked before? You guys have accepted deep down your heart that staff of government institutions should always be allowed to have their way freely wit ...
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At Ghana man, have you heard of medical officers whose licenses have been revoked before? You guys have accepted deep down your heart that staff of government institutions should always be allowed to have their way freely without consequences. What kind of thinking is this? Oh Africa! What a continent!
Yaw Odiasempa 1 year ago

At least it will serve a purpose. It will dent their reputation and make them sit up.

At least it will serve a purpose. It will dent their reputation and make them sit up.
Osei 1 year ago

Wait until you lose your spouse through the negligence of a nurse or doctor then you'll understand why people should be held accountable for their negligence. Until then spare us the nonsense and stupidity.

Wait until you lose your spouse through the negligence of a nurse or doctor then you'll understand why people should be held accountable for their negligence. Until then spare us the nonsense and stupidity.
Musa 1 year ago

Great news, continue with the legal actions to cause them to think and behave themselves.

Great news, continue with the legal actions to cause them to think and behave themselves.
Kilogram 1 year ago

Sammy Gyamfi a few months ago: "If the NPP chooses DMB as their flag bearer, it will make things easier for us. We won't even have to campaign anymore ". Folks, do you still remember this? Today, sensing the imminent defeat o ...
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Sammy Gyamfi a few months ago: "If the NPP chooses DMB as their flag bearer, it will make things easier for us. We won't even have to campaign anymore ". Folks, do you still remember this? Today, sensing the imminent defeat of the NDC by DMB, the NDC has mobilised the whole Ghana to come and campaign in Tamale. Hahahaha. You ain't seen nothing yet.
Porto Fino 1 year ago

How long will that wee and tramadol that your stupid Akuffo Addo has been supplying you stay in your system, gyimifuor @Kilogram?? Trust me, you are carrying 5 kilograms worth of madness, because with all the signs and thunde ...
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How long will that wee and tramadol that your stupid Akuffo Addo has been supplying you stay in your system, gyimifuor @Kilogram?? Trust me, you are carrying 5 kilograms worth of madness, because with all the signs and thunderous vibrations across the country, you still don't see the gargantuan defeat awaiting you fools. If this is the dead condition of your mind, why should anyone even bother to argue with an idiot like you??
Kwakusika 1 year ago

What has politics got to do with this case,Porto Fino?

What has politics got to do with this case,Porto Fino?
Rush 1 year ago

You should be asking Kilogram your question, not Porto Fino

You should be asking Kilogram your question, not Porto Fino
Kakra 1 year ago

I am so glad u have won this case but it’s so unfortunate lives were lost. I have always followed this case keenly with so much emotions. Negligence has taken away someone’s beautiful wife and child.

I am so glad u have won this case but it’s so unfortunate lives were lost. I have always followed this case keenly with so much emotions. Negligence has taken away someone’s beautiful wife and child.
Noir 1 year ago

Brother sorry for your lost. Use the money to set up a foundation in memory of your dear wife and child. A foundation that will fight such cases.Thank you.

Brother sorry for your lost. Use the money to set up a foundation in memory of your dear wife and child. A foundation that will fight such cases.Thank you.
Joseph Mukasa 1 year ago

Just horrible. The amount is too small. All this nonsense needs to stop.
My younger sister had twins in 2022.The pregnancy was 9mths old and she was about to deliver. Low and behold, when her time was due, she was rushed to ...
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Just horrible. The amount is too small. All this nonsense needs to stop.
My younger sister had twins in 2022.The pregnancy was 9mths old and she was about to deliver. Low and behold, when her time was due, she was rushed to the Bolgatanga regional hospital where she was told one twin was sleeping on the other. The medics for more than 24hrs did nothing until they both died in her womb.
The two boys were lost. She has been in grief since then.
I am thinking of resurrecting a legal case in this issue.
Griff 1 year ago

Please, ressurect it. We must set an example to upcoming generations by calling out incompetence. This should not slide

Please, ressurect it. We must set an example to upcoming generations by calling out incompetence. This should not slide
Ike 1 year ago

If every Ghanaian knows his right, things will be done properly. Well done man. May your wife and baby rest in peace

If every Ghanaian knows his right, things will be done properly. Well done man. May your wife and baby rest in peace
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kk 1 year ago

Great Job legal team.You need to advertise your legal office so people can contact you and put the people in the healthcare system on their toes.Great to the husband for standing up for your wife

Great Job legal team.You need to advertise your legal office so people can contact you and put the people in the healthcare system on their toes.Great to the husband for standing up for your wife
Thug lord 1 year ago

I don't know how many vampires work at the ridge hospital...it's just not a safe place to go seeek medical attention...they are just damn evil,their negligence led to the death of a clasmate of mine...demonic hospital

I don't know how many vampires work at the ridge hospital...it's just not a safe place to go seeek medical attention...they are just damn evil,their negligence led to the death of a clasmate of mine...demonic hospital
Singuema 1 year ago

You lie bad, they are 99% good people over there. The day you went there, you know you had not taken your shower, so nobody wanted to get near your smelly body

You lie bad, they are 99% good people over there. The day you went there, you know you had not taken your shower, so nobody wanted to get near your smelly body
Nana Kwame 1 year ago

You are 100% right.

You are 100% right.
smh 1 year ago

Vandal malaria ! he will print tee shirt say from dusk to dawn . A very nice guy !

Vandal malaria ! he will print tee shirt say from dusk to dawn . A very nice guy !
Proverbs 1 year ago

As VANDALS we are known for our relentless in pursuing the truth because we know that always 'Truth Stands'. Well done Malopia tw3, our wife will rest in peace now knowing that her case will surely change the way Ridge Hospit ...
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As VANDALS we are known for our relentless in pursuing the truth because we know that always 'Truth Stands'. Well done Malopia tw3, our wife will rest in peace now knowing that her case will surely change the way Ridge Hospital goes about in ensuring due diligence in provision of its mandate. Well fought bro, V Maaaaaaate!
Odartei 1 year ago

Can this legal case and the verdict of the court serve as any caution to health care givers in Ghana? Look, if we are to conduct proper research, we would not be surprised to find that so many people, in Ghana, lose their liv ...
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Can this legal case and the verdict of the court serve as any caution to health care givers in Ghana? Look, if we are to conduct proper research, we would not be surprised to find that so many people, in Ghana, lose their lives due to negligence by hospital staff than any other diseases kill in any year. The level of impudence shown by healthcare professionals to patients in their care, in Ghana, is unbelievable.
Capitata 1 year ago

Especially Yendi hospital

Especially Yendi hospital
Emily 1 year ago

Hmmmmmmm

Hmmmmmmm
Lady Julia 1 year ago

May her soul rest in peace, Is abt time this Nonsense must stop with the these hospitals

May her soul rest in peace, Is abt time this Nonsense must stop with the these hospitals
Diabolo 1 year ago

Kudos to the judges.

Kudos to the judges.
Ku 1 year ago

Funny

Funny
Big Tony 1 year ago

The amount awarded is inadequate. Some of the health professionals act unprofessionally.

The amount awarded is inadequate. Some of the health professionals act unprofessionally.
Samwise 1 year ago

This is the medical state of our nation, passing out failed medical students, and greedy quack doctors, the darkest moments in the history of this nation, since this chimpanzee came to govern.

This is the medical state of our nation, passing out failed medical students, and greedy quack doctors, the darkest moments in the history of this nation, since this chimpanzee came to govern.
Chief 1 year ago

Only 3 mill???

Only 3 mill???

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