Sufferer allegedly can pay over GH¢11k medical institution expenses regardless of Bawumia’s promise

A sufferer of the Apiate explosion has complained of paying over GH¢11,000 scientific expenses regardless of a promise through the Vice President that executive will take in the entire prices.

The sufferer, Samuel Cudjoe, a body of workers of Zondatech Ghana Restricted, used to be travelling to Wassa Akropong when the explosion befell.

He sustained severe accidents and wanted pressing surgical treatment to save lots of his state of affairs.

A colleague of his who has been aiding him on the medical institution, Theophilus Nartey, complains of the way they’re being made to pay monies on the two well being amenities they have got been to – the Tarkwa Executive Sanatorium and the Effia Nkwanta Regional Sanatorium – prior to the sufferer can be attended to.

He disclosed to the host of Attach FM’s Omanbapa morning display Nyhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson on Wednesday, January 26 that regardless of the promise made through Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, they’re being requested to pay the scientific expenses.

Theophilus Nartey stated his colleague used to be to start with admitted on the Tarkwa Executive Sanatorium prior to being transferred to the Effia Nkwanta Regional Sanatorium.

“We had been transferred from Tarkwa to the Effia Nkwanta Sanatorium an afternoon after the crisis. We had been requested to rent a personal ambulance from the Tarkwa Executive Sanatorium the place we paid over GH¢2,200 for the driving force and nurse who accompanied us. This used to be as a result of there used to be no ambulance to be had. At Effia Nkwanta too, we had been made to pay for some services and products. In all, we now have spent about GH¢11,000 on scientific expenses. However we concept the Vice President stated it used to be unfastened,” he lamented.

In reaction, the Public Family members Officer for the Effia Nkwanta Regional Sanatorium, Christian Baidoo, expressed feel sorry about in regards to the building.

He indicated that the medical institution is poised to making sure the directive of the Vice President is adhered to and if any sufferer has paid any cash to the medical institution, it’ll be refunded.

He added that probably the most sufferers from the crisis within the medical institution have now not paid any cash and it’s the coverage of the power to handle any affected person prior to expenses are supplied.

“It’s the coverage of our medical institution to handle any affected person prior to we factor them expenses. We’ve 3 sufferers from the Appiatse crisis on the facility and I will be able to inform you a few of them were handled with out taking any monies from them. We’ve taken realize of the case of Theophilus and the medical institution shall refund each cash he has paid if he can produce the receipts. Investigations have additionally been introduced into the problem,” Christian Baidoo promised.

In the meantime, tests at different scientific amenities the place sufferers of the crisis had been admitted point out that almost all of them were paying their scientific expenses.