Rashida Abubakar Tetteh, a distressed mother whose three-day-old baby tragically passed away, has spoken out about the incident, attributing it to a power outage at the Tema General Hospital on the evening of Tuesday, March 26.The 24-year-old mother, currently receiving care in the Post C-S ward of the hospital, shared her heartbreaking experience during an interview on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem on Thursday, March 28.

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She recounted how, upon visiting her newborn son, a doctor informed her that the child could not survive due to the lack of functional medical equipment during the power outage.“I went to visit my son but I didn’t see him. I was waiting outside when one doctor came to inform me that they were sorry but due to the lights out, my child could not survive because the incubator was not working."The lights went off on Tuesday evening.

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No staff has spoken to me, and they haven’t said anything to me,” she narrated.Rebecca Johnson, the grandmother of the deceased, also expressed her grief during the same show.“It’s painful, they have killed my child because of dumsor; I am in pain. We have nothing to say to the hospital. A hospital like Teme General said they didn’t have petrol in the generator. Is this how we are going to act in this country,” she cried.

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In a press release issued on Wednesday, March 27, the hospital dismissed these claims as baseless and urged the public to disregard them."It is worth noting that no lives were lost as a result of this power outage," an excerpt of the statement said.The statement emphasised the hospital's unwavering commitment to prioritizing the health and safety of its patients above all else.

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"The Tema General Hospital assures the general public that the Facility will continue to put the health and safety of its patients at the core of its business," the statement concluded.

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