The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is investigating the unfortunate passing of a 19-year-old level 200 law student at the University of Ghana(UG).
Nana Obeng Owusu Junior reportedly died at about 7 p.m. on Monday, October 16, after a nurse injected him with an unidentified medication at the Ewim Polyclinic in Cape Coast.
Nana Obeng’s mother, Nelly Mills, said she brought her asthmatic son to the hospital to administer a nebulizer treatment to prevent an imminent asthma attack.
However, she alleged that the medical staff administered an injection instead, which tragically led to her son’s death shortly after.
The Central health directorate has stated that Nelly will have to wait for her answers after a thorough investigation and autopsy scheduled to last for the next two weeks.
Background
The 19-year-old level 200 law student at the University of Ghana(UG) was reported dead from an induced injection at the Ewim Polyclinic in Cape Coast.
Nana Obeng Owusu Junior reportedly died at about 7 p.m. on Monday, October 16, after a nurse injected him with an unidentified medication.
However, they went to the pharmacy unit on reaching the facility but were directed to the emergency ward, which they obliged.
“At the emergency unit, there was a misunderstanding between the deceased and Michael (nurse), and that was when the nurse, who was irritated by their visit, yelled at them, questioning, “What do you want, what do you want?”.
According to the mother, “Michael, in a seemingly unhappy voice, as if he was tired of caring for patients, shouted at us, something my son did not take kindly”.
Mrs Mills said she later left the emergency unit to buy a medication approved by Michael, leaving his son in the care of a younger sibling who had accompanied them.
Mrs Mills said immediately after she left, Michael injected her son with an unknown medication without checking his vitals, leading to his death in less than two minutes and fled the scene.
However, the younger brother felt he was asleep until she returned to realise that his son was dead.
“I shouted for help repeatedly and called for help, but my son was long dead. Within two minutes after stepping out to buy his medication, my son died, and Michael confirmed he injected him.