ONE more person has been confirmed dead from the accident that occurred in Tamale last Saturday, bringing the number to 26.
The number of injured persons has also been confirmed to be 99.
According to the Director of Medical Affairs at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), Dr Prosper Akanbon, 21 of the 26 were brought to the hospital dead, whilst the other five died at the hospital.
“Two of them died in the theatre during operation and the other three died in the ward,” he said, adding that 10 of the patients who were on admission were in a critical condition, whilst 15 had been discharged with six absconding.
Dr Akanbon said this when he briefed the Minister of Transport, Mr Mike Hammah, and his entourage during a visit to the hospital yesterday.
The Minister was accompanied by the Deputy Northern Regional Minister, Mr San Nasamu Asabigi, the Chief Executive of the National Road Safety Commission, Mr Noble Appiah, Chief Executive of the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Mr Justice Amegashie and other officers.
Dr Akanbon said the accident had exposed certain challenges facing the hospital, particularly the absence of an emergency accident centre.
“If we had a separate ward for emergency cases, as well as the equipment, we could have saved some of the lives,” he stated.
Mr Mike Hammah and his team visited the second floor of the hospital to interact with some of the injured persons.
He expressed the government’s condolences to the deceased and pledged an amount of GH¢10,000 from the government to support the victims and their families.
Earlier, Mr Hammah addressed the press at the Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) and expressed the government’s commitment towards ending the accident scourge.
“The carnage must stop. We are losing our human resource through recklessness and carelessness,” he stated, adding that the country could not achieve Vision 2020 if this situation continued.
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