Surgeons at the Hospital have been working with speed in a bid to save the life of the former Presidential Spokesperson, after his official vehicle crashed into a stationary car between Tamale and Walewale at a village called Nasia in the West Maprusi District.
He suffered what hospital sources have called “serious internal bleeding” and “doctors had to perform the emergency surgery to avoid possible fatal complications.”
It is not clear if he sustained other life-threatening injuries. The former Presidential spokesperson was returning from Tamale to Bolgatanga when the accident occurred.
He was in the Upper East Region as part of a President-Mills led government delegation that is currently touring the north of the country to supervise government projects initiated by the administration.
Details are still emerging as to how the accident occurred but sources say the former Bawku MP’s “condition is critical.” One source said: “Presently, I can say his condition is critical but stable after the successful surgery.”
Earlier, a hospital source said: “We are discussing the possibility of having him flown to Accra for further treatment.” His driver and a third person in the car have been treated and discharged for minor injuries.
It comes less than 12 hours after Majority Leader, Hon Cletus Avoka, nearly lost his life in a deadly car crash that has completely destroyed his official vehicle in the Upper East Region.
Hon. Avora has been discharged from the Bolgatanga Hospital in a fairly stable condition to travel to Accra for further medical attention. More than 200 people have died on Ghanaian roads since the beginning of the year 2011.
As at January 2011, the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service said close to 200 people died from road accidents.
According to ASP Alexander Kwaku Obeng, Head of Education Research and Training at MTTU, 194 people died between January 1 and January 31, 2011. 56 of the dead were children under 18 years old. The figure, according to the MTTU, represented a 70% increase in the number of deaths compared to the same period last year.
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