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MONDAY, 27TH MARCH 2023
MANAGEMENT STATEMENT ON DEATH OF A NEWBORN BABY DUE TO ALLEGED DELAY IN CARE AT MANSO AMENFI HEALTH CENTRE
1. Our attention has been drawn to the above incident reported on Angel TV network and
other media houses. We wish to state that the reportage was hastily done without due
recourse to the facts and a such laced with inaccuracies.
2. Our staff on duty was out of the maternity to tidy up herself and change her scrubs after
she had splash of bodily fluids from a delivery completed at 6:30 PM.
3. A pregnant woman reported to the facility at about 7:20 PM in the company of two
relatives but met the absence of the maternity staff on duty.
4. Efforts to reach the maternity staff on phone proved futile, so another staff informed the
relatives to allow him call another midwife, who was not on duty, at the staff quarters
nearby to attend to them.
5. The client and relatives objected and said they would rather go to another facility since
they had been kept waiting. They are believed to have spent a maximum of 15 minutes
from the time they arrived and exited the health facility. The client was eventually delivered
at a health facility in Bawdie. Unfortunately, the baby later died.
6. The travel time from Manso Amenfi to Bawdie is about one hour, and management is of
the view that a little exercise of patience by the accompanying relatives will have offered
an opportunity for the client to be attended to and possibly avoid the loss of the baby.
7. We wish to state that our utmost desire is to uphold a high standard of ethics and
professionalism in the discharge of our duties and we do welcome constructive feedback
from stakeholders to achieve this goal.
8. For the avoidance of doubt, neither did the baby nor the mother die at Manso Amenfi health center.
9. Our sincere sympathies are with the bereaved family.
10. Your Health remains Our Concern.
END
SIGNED
EMMANUEL BADIENA
DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICE
WASSA AMENFI CENTRAL
Source:wassamaninsider.com
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