The Western Regional Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has set up an investigative committee to look into the death of a coronavirus patient who escaped admission from the Treatment Centre of Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital on August 19, 2021.
Paulus Okine, who was referred to the Centre from the Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department at about 7pm on August 18, 2021 was seen by security officers scaling the walls of the Centre the next day. But he warned a security officer who questioned his move to stay off. He was later found dead near the Hospital’s Nurses Quarters.
The Regional Director of the Service, Dr Yaw Ofori Yeboah, in a letter of appointment onto the Investigative Committee, wants the clinical status of the patient verified at the time of admission.
He also wants to determine the circumstances that led to the patient’s escape from admission. The third term of reference is to determine the circumstances leading to his death and, finally make recommendations to management on measures to avert the recurrence of such incidents.
The Committee is expected to present its report by Friday, August 27, 2021.
