The health of a Kumasi-based journalist is in danger as he has virtually been dumped by the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) after his involvement in a gory road accident whilst working for the Council, six years ago.
William Evans Nkum, who works for TV3 in Kumasi, had his left hand broken after a mini urvan bus in which about ten journalists were travelling on, somersaulted dangerously landing on its side.
The accident occurred at the outskirts of New Edubiase in the Ashanti Region when the journalists were in a convoy of the then Ashanti Regional Minister, Opoku Manu, who was touring the area to inspect government projects.
All journalists onboard the vehicle sustained various degrees of injuries after the crash but Evans Nkum�s injury was so severe that he had to be rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) where he was operated on.
Medical doctors who operated on Evans Nkum placed a special metal in his hand to support the broken bones, and was supposed to be removed after twelve months by which time the injury was expected to have been healed.
But checks by DAILY GUIDE indicates that the metal was still in the the TV3 reporter�s hands six years after the surgery because he did not have the money to foot the bills for the removal of the metal.
The paper also gathered that the RCC after paying the bill for the surgery had not assisted Evans Nkum in any other way, leaving the poor journalist to his fate.
The continual presence of the metal in his hands is posing some health threats and discomfort for the young man.
When DAILY GUIDE contacted Evans Nkum he said he has not heard from the RCC again since the accident occurred, saying �they only paid for the surgery where the metal was placed in my hands and that was all.�
Despite being pushed to the wall to spill more beans, Evans Nkum, whose eyes were filled with tears over the seeming neglect by the RCC, refused to talk further; only saying �God is in control.�
The paper learnt that Victor Opoku, also of TV3 in Kumasi, Richmond Frimpong of Fix FM and Mr. Adu Poku, GNA, Kumasi office, just to mention a few, all sustained injuries during the crash.
Interestingly, the paper gathered that the RCC has not compensated any of them six years after the accident. All the effected journalists, reportedly, footed their medical bills.
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