A 38-year-old woman who was receiving treatment at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) was reported to have died moments after medical officers providing medical care had abandoned the wards when five policemen attacked medical officers and security men at the facility.
Sources close to the hospital authorities did not give the name of the deceased but were emphatic that the patient had died just after the medical officers had abandoned their patients and fled police brutalities last Saturday.
Around 2 p.m. last Saturday, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr Adjei Nimo, allegedly organised four policemen in mufti to attack medical officers on duty at the emergency wards with the intention of effecting the arrest of a security man alleged to have confronted him.
Already, the Ashanti Regional Police Command has directed the Police Intelligence and Professional Standards (PIPS) Unit to investigate the circumstances that led to the brutalities.
The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police Mr Patrick Timbilla, told the Daily Graphic that the unit had already visited KATH and interviewed some of the victims and witnesses in the case.
He said the action was to enable the unit to gather all useful information that would enhance its investigations.
Mr Timbilla said he was also collaborating with the KATH authorities to cool down tempers to enable the medical officers go about their core duties without any fear or panic.
The attack on the medical officers halted medical care at the emergency ward for over three hours, as both medical officers and patients who were traumatised by the unprovoked attack felt insecure.
The action of Mr Adjei Nimo and the four other policemen who were in mufti to allegedly assault one security guard identified as Eric Kankam left Kankam with bruises in the face and swollen cheeks.
The victim was also detained for some hours when he lodged a formal complaint at the Central Police Station with the intention of securing a medical form to seek medical care.
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