Health Workers At Tetteh Quarshie Hospital Demand Speed Ramps After Colleague Midwife’s Death

Health workers at Tetteh Quarshie Hospital are urgently calling for speed ramps and a footbridge along the Akwapem Mampong-Accra highway after the tragic death of one of their own, a midwife, who was struck by a speeding vehicle.

Dressed in black and red, hospital staff gathered in grief, mourning their colleague’s loss with a solemn protest.

“I have been hit very hard, my parents can’t even sleep well,” shared the deceased’s sister, Sarah Nartey. “She was even supposed to graduate from Wisconsin University on November 14. I can’t ask for justice; vengeance is of the Lord,” she lamented.

This fatal incident marks the sixth on this dangerous stretch of road. In response, health workers have issued a one-week ultimatum for their demands to be met, threatening to strike if action is not taken. Francis Aboagye, the protest’s convenor, stated, “We have done what is lawful by writing several letters to demand speed ramps. With this protest, we have given a one-week ultimatum; speed ramps must be fixed, else we will lay our tools down.” Nurse Abena Ntow added passionately, “We have lost an experienced midwife who saved women and delivered children. It’s disheartening; we need the speed ramps.”

In response, state officials, led by Eastern Regional Minister Seth Kwame Acheampong, have promised immediate solutions. “My condolences to you, I am saddened at your loss. We will find solutions to the challenge,” Acheampong assured, adding that a ramp strip will be added as a temporary measure and a footbridge is being considered for the long term.