{"id":426343,"date":"2017-10-07T12:41:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T12:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/07\/mp-pays-debt-of-detained-dead-man-to-enable-family-bury-him\/"},"modified":"2017-10-07T12:41:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T12:41:06","slug":"mp-pays-debt-of-detained-dead-man-to-enable-family-bury-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/07\/mp-pays-debt-of-detained-dead-man-to-enable-family-bury-him\/","title":{"rendered":"MP pays debt of \u2018detained\u2019 dead man to enable family bury him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday,  7 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-07<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/27529118.295.jpg\" alt=\"Dead MP Pays\" title=\"Dead MP Pays\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Their inability to immediately raise the quoted amount led to the body being detained at the morgue<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385127052\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385127052\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1507380066_722_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Member of Parliament (MP) Kwabre East Constituency in the Ashanti region, Francisca Oteng Mensah has secured the release of a dead body that was detained by authorities of the Komfo Ankoye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi over accrued debts.<\/p>\n<p>Family of a 41-year old Muslim man, Yahaya Mutaikelo who died on admission at the facility were refused the corpse for burial following about GH\u00a215,600 debt that was incurred as cost of for treatment prior to his unfortunate demise.<\/p>\n<p>Their inability to immediately raise the quoted amount led to the dead body being detained at the hospital morgue for a fortnight in variance with the Islamic custom.<\/p>\n<p>Francisca Oteng Mensah, therefore, had to intervene and paid GH\u00a25,000 while the family added GH\u00a25,000 Ghana Cedis to make GH\u00a2 10,000.<\/p>\n<p>The MP has however promised her support to the widow, Madam Amama Mutaikelo to ameliorate their situation.<\/p>\n<p>Madam Amama Mutaikelo thanked Hon Francisca Oteng for the kind gesture and intervention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have anything to say. 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