Though the second operation to remove the surgical cloth has now rendered Ernestina barren, the Attorney General Department is reportedly threatening her to back down on the GH¢150,000 she is demanding as compensation, else they would expose her medical records.
Ernestina Adade Konadu
told The Chronicle, whilst in tears, that her first attempt to have a
child had ended in the current mess, but instead of sympathising with
her, since she could no more bring forth and also engage in any hard
work, the law office was rather threatening her.
According to her, the
Brong-Ahafo Regional Hospital had admitted that they negligently left
the surgical cloth in her abdomen, and proposed to pay GH¢10,000
compensation, which she rejected.
Ernestina Konadu further
told The Chronicle that the GH¢10,000 compensation was even proposed
after she had proceeded to court, since all her petitions for
compensation fell on deaf ears.
Konadu appealed to all
relevant statutory bodies and non-governmental organisations on human
rights issues to join her crusade for adequate compensation, to also
ensure that other women do not suffer her fate in future.
The hospital authorities
refused to comment on the case when this reporter contacted them.
Information gathered by The Chronicle indicates that they were trying
all possible means to settle the matter out of court.
Unfortunately, all the
two meetings scheduled for the family of Konadu and the hospital
authorities at the offices of Ernestina’s counsel could not come on.
The two parties were
supposed to have met on Wednesday, September 19 and Wednesday, September
26, this year, but the hospital authorities informed the family they
were not well organised, and had proposed to call the family to meet at
the hospital at an appropriate date and time.
The Chronicle
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