Though the hospital authorities declined to provide further information on the Deputy Education Minister’s current condition, they have however revealed that he is responding to treatment.
“The Minister who is under constant security guard is sitting upright conversing and laughing with people who visit him at the Intensive Care Unit” a statement revealed.
Dr. Thomas Anaba, who together with his other colleagues carried a successful surgical operation on Mahama Ayariga disclosed this to Citi News on Monday March 28, 2011 saying “he’s doing very well, all his vital signs are normal, he’s recovered fully from anesthesia, he’s not having any problems with respiration or cardiovascular system”. Dr. Anaba added that Mr. Ayariga “he’s recovered so fast as compared to what we were thinking of and all what we’ll need to take care of him is readily available”.
He emphatically stated that the hospital was capable of handling the situation and there was no need transferring Mahama Ayariga to any of the nation’s referral hospitals for medical attention.
Answering questions on whether Mr. Ayariga’s situation was between life and death, Dr. Anaba intimated that “all cases under anesthesia are between life and death because the drugs are lethal and he suffered an injury and was rushed to the surgery so as for life and death under anesthesia, it applies to almost all patients”.
Adding his voice, Dr. Ken Sagoe Ken Sagoe, Chief Executive Officer of the Tamale Teaching hospital said the Deputy Education Minister would be properly taken care of. He however pleaded with the media to highlight positive developments taking place at the hospital with the assurance that his administration was committed to improve medical services to its clients.
Deputy Minister for Education Mahama Ayariga was involved in a car accident near Nasia on the Tamale-Bolgatanga highway Sunday March 27, 2011 and has since been responding to treatment at the Tamale Teaching Hospital.
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