THE fate of a two-week-old baby girl who was abandoned at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) is in the balance after being transferred to the Kumasi Children's Home (KCH).
The baby, whose health is said to be deteriorating fast, has a deformed head and legs and is unable to open a eyes. Her mouth and nose are also joined.
The Supervisor of the KCH, Ms Victoria Asungya, who is taking care of the baby, told the Daily Graphic that the baby girl was sent to the Home by officers of the Social Welfare Department.
She said under normal circumstances such babies were sent to the Home when their condition improved.
“We have no medical officer here to address the health problems of this baby because the only nurse at the KCH died last October. We are only responsible for the bathing, feeding and providing of decent accommodation for the inmates, but our constraint is the provision of medical care to them,” she said.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the KATH, Mr Kwame Frimpong, said KATH only sent abandoned babies to the KCH when they were in good health.
“We arrange with the Social Welfare Department when we detect that babies have been abandoned at the hospital for the officers to send them to the Children’s Home,” he stated.
He said babies at the Home with health problems were always sent to the KATH for treatment, adding that “if this particular one is not well, the Supervisor should arrange to bring her for treatment”.
He gave the assurance that medical officers at the KATH were prepared to address the health problems of the inmates to enable them to enjoy a better life.
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