Teenager Dies In Labour At Native Nurse’s Home At New Ebu (Central Region)

At the home of a native nurse in New Ebu, in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of the Central Region, a sixteen-year-old girl passed away during labor.

According to the information gathered, the deceased girl's grandmother delivered her at a local native nurse because she was short on cash; however, during the delivery, the girl suffered severe bleeding and passed away.

The baby was successfully delivered by the local nurse, but sadly the teen mother died.

The incident has left the locals in a profound state of shock.

Speaking in an interview with GHONE News, Yaw Boagyan, some residents blamed the girl’s death on the lack of a health facility equipped with a Maternity ward and a qualified midwife in the community.

They said the absence of a health facility has put fear in many women and scared them from getting pregnant as they fear they will die during labour.
They said only a few pregnant women who have money are able to travel all the way from New Ebu to Abura Dunkwa or Cape Coast Teaching Hospital to deliver.

They, therefore, appealed to the government, the Member of Parliament for Abura Asebu Kwamankese Constituency Hon. Elvis Morris Donkor, the District Chief Executive and other private individuals to support the community to get a maternity ward and a CHIP Compound to ensure safe delivery.

Meanwhile, the Founder of Global Peace Mission and Chief Executive Officer for the Center of Awareness, Dr Samuel Ato Duncan promised to support the community to build a modern Maternity ward to attend to pregnant women.

He urged the residents to support the community by undertaking communal labour to assist.

He donated an amount of eleven thousand Ghana cedis to support the project
Lastly, the Gyaasehen of New Ebu, Nana Aseidu Bofo IX on behalf of the Chiefs of the Community said, all attempts for the Chiefs to draw the attention of the authorities to their establishment of the maternity ward in the community proved futile.

He said, all the developmental projects in the community were done by the Chiefs and residents themselves without Government support.

They made this known during the Community’s 2022 annual “Menya Moho” Festival on the Theme “Ebuman Development, Out Collective Responsibility”

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Source: kasapafmonline.com