Information gathered by
MyNewsGh.com indicates that a driver of an ambulance transporting a pregnant
woman in labour to the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua has been shot in
the head by armed robbers.
The Ambulance with registration
Number GV 644-20 went to pick the woman in preterm labour (31 weeks) from Akuse
government Hospital to Eastern Regional Hospital since Akuse Hospital has no
neonatal intensive care unit(NICU).
The driver is said to have
bumped into an armed robbery operation but considering the situation of the
pregnant woman, he decided to speed off.
The armed robbers infuriated by
his disregard for their orders are said to have shot at the ambulance with
bullets landing in the head of the driver.
Police Patrol upon getting wind
of the operation rushed in and took the driver and the pregnant woman to the
Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital.
The driver of the Ghana Ambulance Service has since
been transferred to Korle Bu because his condition is critical.
Acting Public Relations Officer of the Eastern
Regional Police Command, Sergeant Francis Gomado confirmed the attack but says
the regional Command was awaiting a preliminary investigation report from the
Somanya district command.
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