A couple has sued St John Hospital and Fertility Center for medical negligence resulting in the death of their baby, demanding GH₵5 million for loss of life, pain and suffering caused by their actions.
In their complaint, Mr. Ekko Andoh and Mrs. Sandra Tekiwah Sakki prayed to the court for a declaration that the defendants are vicariously liable for the medical negligence of their employee health care workers, and that their carelessness and negligence caused the death of their baby. said to have caused the death of He was diagnosed with severe asphyxia and later died.
They are also seeking an order directing the defendants to pay their legal costs, including legal fees, under the Ghana Bar Association’s 2022 Fee Scale.
The Defendant alleges that the actions and omissions of the health worker fell below standard standards of care when the health worker failed to terminate a prolonged labor while Mrs Sackey (the second plaintiff) was under the nurse’s duty of care. He claimed that he knew or should have known that he had done so. Like the defendant, the couple’s baby boy was diagnosed with severe asphyxia, which caused the infant’s death.
They argued that the defendant’s midwife refused the second plaintiff’s request for an elective caesarean section (CS) at the beginning of labor for the second plaintiff’s baby, and that the refusal caused the second plaintiff’s labor to be prolonged; It said the plaintiff’s baby suffered severe suffocation and death. .
The couple said the defendant’s delay and inadequate care from decision-making to delivery caused severe suffocation and ultimately the death of the plaintiff’s baby.
Furthermore, approximately one week after being discharged from the hospital, the second plaintiff noticed a colored discharge coming from the sutures in her vagina, which caused her great discomfort, and the second plaintiff mainly suffered from dizziness. , weakness, and fatigue quickly when trying to walk or do any activity.
The plaintiffs state that, based on the above, Holy Care Specialty Hospital examined the second plaintiff and found that most of her sutures were knotted, causing infection due to secretions, and that her sutures were not done according to standard. He said he observed that.
Holy Care Specialist Hospital confirmed that the second plaintiff had ongoing anemia with a hemoglobin of 7 g/dl.
They said the defendant is the owner and administrator of a WhatsApp group named “ST.” In a “John’s Pregnancy Class” attended by more than 150 pregnant women, including the 2nd Plaintiff, the Defendant circulated in it that the responsibility for the infant’s death was not with them but with the Korlevu Teaching Hospital. The plaintiffs said the defendant removed the second plaintiff from the WhatsApp group amid questions from other pregnant mothers about the death of the plaintiff’s child.
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