Calm has returned to the Holy Family Hospital in Nkawkaw following an attempted attack on the facility by a group of irate youth.
According to eyewitnesses, about one hundred young men stormed the hospital demanding that a patient, identified as Quashiga, be handed over to them. The group allegedly sought to avenge the death of a popular local musician, Kwame Kissi, also known as Phada Gaza.
Reports indicate that the musician and the suspect were involved in a violent altercation earlier in the day, during which both sustained serious injuries. Phada Gaza was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to the hospital, while Quashiga was admitted in critical condition.
In the ensuing chaos, some security personnel at the facility were injured while attempting to protect staff and patients from the mob.
Speaking to Atinka News correspondent Yaa Yeboah Boamah, the hospital administrator, Rev. Father Derrick Mawuli, condemned the attack and urged the public to refrain from taking the law into their own hands or targeting health workers during emotionally charged incidents.
Meanwhile, the Kwahu West Municipal Health Director, Celestine Asante, confirmed that order has been restored at the hospital. She added that the surviving patient has been transferred to Accra for further medical treatment under police protection.
Authorities have since intensified security around the hospital to prevent any recurrence of such incidents.
By Yaa Yeboah Boamah
