Nurse's callousness sends patient to his grave

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Opete 10 years ago

This cannot happen any developed country

This cannot happen any developed country
Lafia 10 years ago

it is easy and simple: charge the doctors and the nurses on duty that day with negligence of duty, murder and academic dishonesty to their profession, if found guilty, give each 10 years to nsawam..

it is easy and simple: charge the doctors and the nurses on duty that day with negligence of duty, murder and academic dishonesty to their profession, if found guilty, give each 10 years to nsawam..
Appeh Tiiti Tangwam 10 years ago

It unfortunate pple who by virtue of thier profession took an oath to protect and deligently serve thier clients would calously allow the poor man to untimely visit his grave!Madam minister kindly let the heads roll!

It unfortunate pple who by virtue of thier profession took an oath to protect and deligently serve thier clients would calously allow the poor man to untimely visit his grave!Madam minister kindly let the heads roll!
watataman 10 years ago

Hospital in ghana treat patients like animals but who are you to dare those nurses and doctors. When their regular business is at a loss.
90% of ghanaian nurses are illiterates and do not know the value of due diligence. T ...
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Hospital in ghana treat patients like animals but who are you to dare those nurses and doctors. When their regular business is at a loss.
90% of ghanaian nurses are illiterates and do not know the value of due diligence. They go to hospitals to either sell their personal gucci or pradda stuff than to even think about patients.
But is it their fault, I blame them not but our leaders with toilet in their brains. Who could not pass simple laws of responsibility. Ghanaians will continue to be treated like animals till they put their acts together.
Kofi Quaadu 10 years ago

I don't think they are illiterates, they are not taught what is quality, which is deliberate optimal performance of duty without lapses. Most nurses in Ghana are not used to doing the right thing the first time. They do not k ...
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I don't think they are illiterates, they are not taught what is quality, which is deliberate optimal performance of duty without lapses. Most nurses in Ghana are not used to doing the right thing the first time. They do not know that patients are the center of healthcare. Actually majority of them shouldn't be nurses.
The nurse in this case, if it is true, is a disgrace to the nursing profession.
Hopefully the Minister responsible for health understands what we mean by quality healthcare and quality governance.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 10 years ago

I can guess with perfect accuracy the tribe of this callus nurse!

I can guess with perfect accuracy the tribe of this callus nurse!
Glo 10 years ago

It has nothing to do with ethnicity. Some Ghanaians can be cruel.

It has nothing to do with ethnicity. Some Ghanaians can be cruel.
Kojo Amos -USA 10 years ago

This is not a new issue at Ghana Hospitals and Clinics. Ghananain Nurses work as if they were forced to take that Profession. This is a homocide case. Doctors and Nurses are not banned or punished for negligence in Ghana.This ...
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This is not a new issue at Ghana Hospitals and Clinics. Ghananain Nurses work as if they were forced to take that Profession. This is a homocide case. Doctors and Nurses are not banned or punished for negligence in Ghana.This must be corrected.
fred 10 years ago

very very true Kojo. especially in Wa regional hospital. if you don't have a friend or relative who is a nurse or a health worker, then your case will be serious. but they recieve more salaries than any worker.

very very true Kojo. especially in Wa regional hospital. if you don't have a friend or relative who is a nurse or a health worker, then your case will be serious. but they recieve more salaries than any worker.
NURSING COUNCIL FIRST NOT MINISTER 10 years ago

I KNOW OUR NURSES ARE UNDER PRESSURE BUT THE WAY YOU RESPOND CAN GIVE MORE PRESSURE TO YOURSELF. JUST COMMUNICATION. TAKE TIME AND LISTEN.I KNOW YOU ARE NOT SHWAZZENEGER TO LIFT PATIENT BUT A SENSIBLE THING TO SAY IS LET ME R ...
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I KNOW OUR NURSES ARE UNDER PRESSURE BUT THE WAY YOU RESPOND CAN GIVE MORE PRESSURE TO YOURSELF. JUST COMMUNICATION. TAKE TIME AND LISTEN.I KNOW YOU ARE NOT SHWAZZENEGER TO LIFT PATIENT BUT A SENSIBLE THING TO SAY IS LET ME RUSH AND GET THE ORDERLIE AND DOCTOR.THAT WILL REASSURE. I CONDEMN THE PAPER WORK THAT NURSES HAVE TO DO INSTEAD OF KEEPING WATCH.AND THE RAILINGS ON BEDS OFTEN DONT WORK.
Teacher Awo 10 years ago

This is a problem of communication. If the person is too heavy to be carried by the nurse she certainly could do nothing but ask to be assisted. She did well after the good Samaritan was assisted to put him back in bed to g ...
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This is a problem of communication. If the person is too heavy to be carried by the nurse she certainly could do nothing but ask to be assisted. She did well after the good Samaritan was assisted to put him back in bed to go back and position him well. We should not blame her too much. May be out of stress she did not communicate well understand her situation.
E.K SEVOR 10 years ago

YES NURSING WORK IS NOT THAT SIMPLE AND 2 BLAME THE NURSE SOLELY. WHETHER THEY ENJOY FAT SALARY IS NOT THE MATTER BCOS NO ONE IS PREVENTED FROM BECOMING A NURSE. NURSES ARE HUMAN BEINGS N THEY UNDER STRESSFUL CONDITIONS. THAT ...
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YES NURSING WORK IS NOT THAT SIMPLE AND 2 BLAME THE NURSE SOLELY. WHETHER THEY ENJOY FAT SALARY IS NOT THE MATTER BCOS NO ONE IS PREVENTED FROM BECOMING A NURSE. NURSES ARE HUMAN BEINGS N THEY UNDER STRESSFUL CONDITIONS. THAT MEDIA HOUSE SHD B CIRCUM
King George 10 years ago

if your saying it is not simple, they thought of it before choosing it as a profession.And nobody forced them to go there.It is because of money so they must fulfill the duties of the job please

if your saying it is not simple, they thought of it before choosing it as a profession.And nobody forced them to go there.It is because of money so they must fulfill the duties of the job please
Sir Kofi Mumui 10 years ago

The headline and the story don't match. The nurse was reported as saying she could not pick the patient up because of his or her weight. How about if the nurse breaks her back or even drops the patient in her attempt to pic ...
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The headline and the story don't match. The nurse was reported as saying she could not pick the patient up because of his or her weight. How about if the nurse breaks her back or even drops the patient in her attempt to pick the patient up? One does not just pick someone who has fallen so the good Samaritans might have inflicted more damage. Leave the nurse alone. She did nothing wrong.
Dr WHO., cervical spine fracture? S.A 10 years ago

unfortunate situation but where were the orderlies?Orderlies are there to help pick up patients etc. if tiny nurse says cannot pick up the patient she telling plain facts. . eyewitnesses should give exact order of events an ...
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unfortunate situation but where were the orderlies?Orderlies are there to help pick up patients etc. if tiny nurse says cannot pick up the patient she telling plain facts. . eyewitnesses should give exact order of events and nurse may be vindicated. the most of the few nurses we have are doing a good job in not best condition ,but we getting there. we need a greater nurse patient ratio,so patients can be visually covered at all times. thats towards infinity on the right side of Gaussian curve but we can approach this ideal state.I am sure she didn't just go back and sit. she started calling for doctors and orderlies.functioning raillings on beds that prevent patients from falling should be mandatory in all hospitals and used when they are asleep.
nsem pii 10 years ago

needs to grow up. think before you type.

needs to grow up. think before you type.
oh kiddo 10 years ago

i don't see where the nurse was callous. indeed, if she could not lift the patient, she couldn't. it is as flat as that.

the only point here is why the bed didn't have rails. if all the beds don't have or those that have w ...
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i don't see where the nurse was callous. indeed, if she could not lift the patient, she couldn't. it is as flat as that.

the only point here is why the bed didn't have rails. if all the beds don't have or those that have were already occupied, what could the nurse have done.

public agenda should do well to bring us better stories next time
Nanny 10 years ago

Most of the beds in our hospitals hardly have rails and the few that have are given to aggressive and restless patients. Though the nurse erred by not going to see the patient when he was being lifted, I don't think all the b ...
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Most of the beds in our hospitals hardly have rails and the few that have are given to aggressive and restless patients. Though the nurse erred by not going to see the patient when he was being lifted, I don't think all the blame shd be put on the nurse alone.
D r W H O., 10 years ago

THE OTHER LESSON TO BE LEARNT , MAYBE AFTER FALL, THIS PATIENT HAD HIS BACKBONE TOWARDS BASE OF NECK (CERVICAL SPINE ) FRACTURED . THE SHARP PRICKING PAIN PATIENT WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SHARP POINTED EDGES OF ...
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THE OTHER LESSON TO BE LEARNT , MAYBE AFTER FALL, THIS PATIENT HAD HIS BACKBONE TOWARDS BASE OF NECK (CERVICAL SPINE ) FRACTURED . THE SHARP PRICKING PAIN PATIENT WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SHARP POINTED EDGES OF BROKEN BACK BONE. PROBABLY THE SPINAL CORD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BROKEN BONE WAS INITIALLY INTACT. BUT MOVEMENT OF PATIENT BY GOOD SAMARITANS AND NURSE MAY HAVE MOVED THE SHARP BONES TO CUT SPINAL CORD SUPLLYING NERVES TO DIAPHRAGM, ONE OF ORGANS FOR BREATHING THUS COMPROMISING IT.LESOON TO MYSELF, ALL HEALTH WORKERS AND PUBLIC. ASK PATIENT OR ACCIDENT VICTIM IF FEELING SHARP PAIN ANYWHERE IN SPINE ,ECSPECIALLY FROM UPPER HALF OF TRUNK.DONT MOVE THE BODY IF SAYS YES. WAIT FOR EXPERIENCED HEALTH PERSONELLE. OF COURSE IF THERE IS EMMINENT LIFE THREAT LIKE CHOKING ON BLOOD OR MUCUS. LOG ROLL TO LEFT LATERAL SIDE AND REMOVE FOREIGN MATERIAL FROM MOUTH.
master 10 years ago

But you see how the whole issue has been reported by a some clueless journalist and the response on this forum.

If you happen to be at vehicle accident scene in Ghana you would be shocked. Victims are literaly pulled out ...
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But you see how the whole issue has been reported by a some clueless journalist and the response on this forum.

If you happen to be at vehicle accident scene in Ghana you would be shocked. Victims are literaly pulled out screaming and then suddenly goes quiet. Dead!.

The probability of dying just because you have fallen from bed is very low, if even you're left on the floor for hours. Either there was a prevailing condition before the fall or how he was lifted from the floor caused the death.
GF 10 years ago

Information we have is as good as information we dont have. Three days of bloody emesis in the Emergency room, what was done?
The doctor was only called in to pronounce death. You said some few things about spinal cord whic ...
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Information we have is as good as information we dont have. Three days of bloody emesis in the Emergency room, what was done?
The doctor was only called in to pronounce death. You said some few things about spinal cord which is right because we dont know the level of injury but the bottom line is that a family have lost a loved one.The nursing training is bad because they are trained to be secretaries to the doctor.They dont know the rationale for any procedure.The some of the doctors too are not knowledgable and couple that with higher patient load.You did talk about log rolling but for spinal cord protection you will have to use orthosis before movement an eg is cervical collar and a TLSO. Thanks for your post. Prosecution is not the only answer but teaching to prevent further problems to others .
Dr. w ho 10 years ago

that was an important correction without insults.thanks.

that was an important correction without insults.thanks.
CHARCOAL SELLER. 10 years ago

This report sounds suspicious, scandalous and sensational, such reporting sends the uncle toms howling: "only in Ghana, this could never happen in US or UK Etc. well, worst things have, and are still happening in some of the ...
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This report sounds suspicious, scandalous and sensational, such reporting sends the uncle toms howling: "only in Ghana, this could never happen in US or UK Etc. well, worst things have, and are still happening in some of the most so-called advanced countries in the world.

Sometimes good intentions could cause more problems than solutions, the patient could have been better off on the floor than being improperly handled while lifting him unto his bed, thereby causing further life threatening injuries to him, there is no evidence here to prove that the nurse's action caused the patient's death.

Beloveds please listen to me, when idiots /unthinking people travel abroad, being who they are they become so flabbergasted by bright lights, clusters of tall buildings, foreign accents that they hurriedly mimic, etc. that they remain oblivious to the negative aspects of their environment.

The first comment by Opete: "This cannot happen [in] any developed country," is a lie, followed by all of the others who are trying to demonize the nurse, Ghana and Africa, while either intentionally lying or speaking in ignorance about medical malpractice in developed countries, where surgical instruments are accidentally left inside patient's after surgery, people having wrong body parts removed during surgery etc. etc. etc. so don't give us that only in Ghana, never in developed countries B..L S...T.

The nurse in question had her assignment, she knew that the patient was too heavy for her to lift and she said so, rather than giving the nurse a chance to get professional help, these bad Samaritans with good intentions, took matters into their own hands and probably made bad matters worse.

In my opinion the nurse is in the clear, the reporter can be sued for slander.
Kofi Quaadu 10 years ago

This is more than malpractice. This is absolute disregard for human life. This is direct intentional negligence of a nurse's responsibility.

This is more than malpractice. This is absolute disregard for human life. This is direct intentional negligence of a nurse's responsibility.
obi 10 years ago

Nurses cane women in labor in Ghana for failing to push

Nurses cane women in labor in Ghana for failing to push
NEW BORN WITNESS! 10 years ago

MY HEART WAS BOILING WITH RAGE THAT DAY,DONT REEMBER IF THAT SPANKING PREVENTED THE MOTHER FOR GOING FOR A CAESERIAN SECTION.I DONT ADVOCATE SPANKING. BUT SOME OF OUR MOTHERS DONT FOLLOW NURSES INSTRUCTION.WHEN THEY ARE INSTR ...
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MY HEART WAS BOILING WITH RAGE THAT DAY,DONT REEMBER IF THAT SPANKING PREVENTED THE MOTHER FOR GOING FOR A CAESERIAN SECTION.I DONT ADVOCATE SPANKING. BUT SOME OF OUR MOTHERS DONT FOLLOW NURSES INSTRUCTION.WHEN THEY ARE INSTRUCTED TO TAKE DEEP BREATHS BETWEEN CONTRACTIONS , THEY SCREAM AT TOP OF VOICE, AND WHEN IT IS TIME TO CONTRACT THEY TIRED AND THE BABYS HEAD IS STUCK HANGING FROM VAGINA. TO SPANK OR NOT TO SPANK? DEFINITLY NOT. BUT MOST NURSES ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AND KNO0W HOW TO HANDLE SUCH SITUATIONS WITHOUT SPANKING.
Yaa Rose 10 years ago

As bad as this story my sound, it's among the least of the unfortunate things that happen daily in our hospitals across the coutry. Nurses' and to some extent doctors' atttitudes and treatment towards patients are simply repr ...
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As bad as this story my sound, it's among the least of the unfortunate things that happen daily in our hospitals across the coutry. Nurses' and to some extent doctors' atttitudes and treatment towards patients are simply reprehensible. Professional ethics is no longer a part of how our medical practitioners do their jobs.
ATOM 10 years ago

THE NURSE AND DOCTOR ON DUTY AT THE TIME WERE WICKEDLY NEGLIGENT AND INSENSITIVE TO THEIR PATIENT'S COMPLAINTS OF EXCRUTIATING PAIN.

I SUSPECT IT WAS A BROKEN RIB OR OTHER PART OF HIS SKELETAL FRAME, WHICH LED TO INTERNAL ...
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THE NURSE AND DOCTOR ON DUTY AT THE TIME WERE WICKEDLY NEGLIGENT AND INSENSITIVE TO THEIR PATIENT'S COMPLAINTS OF EXCRUTIATING PAIN.

I SUSPECT IT WAS A BROKEN RIB OR OTHER PART OF HIS SKELETAL FRAME, WHICH LED TO INTERNAL BLEEDING, AND SUBSEQUENTLY, DEATH.

RELATIVES OF THE DECEASED SHOULD SUE THE NURSE, THE DOCTOR AND THE HOSPITAL JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY.

OUR "LEADERS" ARE WICKED AND INSENSITIVE TO THE PLIGHT OF THEIR FELLOW LONG SUFFERING GHANAIANS IN A COUNTRY WHERE TAXES AND UTILITY TARIFFS ARE WICKEDLY INCREASED EVERY TWO WEEKS, CAUSING UNTOLD SUFFERING OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF GHANAIANS.

GHANAIAN LEADERS DO NOT SEEM TO CARE THE HOOT BECAUSE GHANAIANS ARE USELESS.

GHANAIANS ARE STUPID. THEY ARE NOT LIKE THE EGYPTIANS AND ALGERIANS WHO WILL ALWAYS TAKE THEIR LEADERSHIP TO TASK.

GHANAIANS HAVE ALLOWED THEIR LEADERSHIP TO GET AWAY WITH THEIR WICKEDNESS FOR FAR TOO LONG, AND IF DUMB GHANAIANS CONTINUE TO "SIT ON THE FENCE", THEY'D HAVE THEMSELVES TO BLAME.
Nana - TEMA 10 years ago

YOU CAN NEVER EAT YOUR CAKE AND HAVE IT OOOOO TINKON!!! BARELY A MONTH AGO YOU GHANAIANS WERE DEFENDING THESE CALIBER OF ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND TEACHERS THAT THEY CAN BREECH THEIR TRAINING CODE OF DISCIPLINE BY CARRY ...
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YOU CAN NEVER EAT YOUR CAKE AND HAVE IT OOOOO TINKON!!! BARELY A MONTH AGO YOU GHANAIANS WERE DEFENDING THESE CALIBER OF ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND TEACHERS THAT THEY CAN BREECH THEIR TRAINING CODE OF DISCIPLINE BY CARRYING PREGNANCY DURING TRAINING. WHY THEN CRY 'WOLF' WHEN THE SYSTEM IS SO FLOODED WITH HALF OR QUARTER-BAKED PROFESSIONALS.
Obedia 10 years ago

We need God fearing people

We need God fearing people
King George 10 years ago

this young nurses who because of money are very rude and disrespectful. they have be taught sociology in their schools. they are not committed to their work but rather, they are there because they consider the job as prestigi ...
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this young nurses who because of money are very rude and disrespectful. they have be taught sociology in their schools. they are not committed to their work but rather, they are there because they consider the job as prestigious and money making industry, be polite and committed.
Eric 10 years ago

This is no news in hohoe hospital at all.If for the nurses only all the people should die for them to have their peace.Only God is healing us in hohoe.

This is no news in hohoe hospital at all.If for the nurses only all the people should die for them to have their peace.Only God is healing us in hohoe.
ekowbenjamin 10 years ago

the story is short of integrity and only pointing hands at the nurse. lets be thankfuk to nurses !! lo what happened to the sytem of management or structures in the hospital. Any emergency response team available? what if the ...
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the story is short of integrity and only pointing hands at the nurse. lets be thankfuk to nurses !! lo what happened to the sytem of management or structures in the hospital. Any emergency response team available? what if the nurse waz pregnant or truly unable to lift more than 25 pounds of weight. The system in ghana has failed to save lifes and the earlier we sit up the better !!!
YIADOM 10 years ago

WE SHOULD QUESTION ABOUT THE FACILITIES IN THE HOSPITAL, WHILE OUR LEADERS ALL LOOTING BILLIONS AT LEAST THE NURSE WENT TO DO HER JOB,PUT YOURSELF INTO THE SITUATION, YOU CAN'T DO YOUR JOB WITHOUT PROPER, TOOLS

WE SHOULD QUESTION ABOUT THE FACILITIES IN THE HOSPITAL, WHILE OUR LEADERS ALL LOOTING BILLIONS AT LEAST THE NURSE WENT TO DO HER JOB,PUT YOURSELF INTO THE SITUATION, YOU CAN'T DO YOUR JOB WITHOUT PROPER, TOOLS
Kofi Quaadu 10 years ago

I don't think they are illiterates, they do not have what is quality, which is deliberate optimal performance of duty without lapses. Most nurses in Ghana are not used to doing the right thing the first time. They do not know ...
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I don't think they are illiterates, they do not have what is quality, which is deliberate optimal performance of duty without lapses. Most nurses in Ghana are not used to doing the right thing the first time. They do not know that patients are the center of healthcare. Actually majority of them shouldn't be nurses.
The nurse in this case, if it is true, is a disgrace to the nursing profession.
Hopefully the Minister responsible for health understands what we mean by quality healthcare.

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