A private midwife at Awutu Breku in
the Central region, Christiana Hammond is in the grips of the Police after she
cut off the penis of a week old baby during circumcision.
The baby yet to be named died upon
arrival at the hospital after bleeding profusely from the cut.
The distraught mother, Cynthia Nimoh
in an interview with Adom News’ Kofi Adjei said, she is in shock because
they did not expect such an experienced midwife to make such a 'deadly
mistake'.
“After the circumcision, I took my
baby home and just when I’m about to change his diaper, he started crying
uncontrollably and we realized that my baby was bleeding and I knew it was not
normal.
“We took her back to the hospital
and realized that the midwife did a very big mistake my cutting the penis of my
baby” she said.
The teary woman said when her family
confronted the midwife, she started apportioning unnecessary blames.
However, the baby’s grandmother, Aba Atta alleged that the midwife insulted them after they realized that the baby was bleeding.
“The midwife had the guts to insult
us when we came back to the hospital. She accused us of killing the child” she
asserted.
Meanwhile, the Awutu Brenya Police Commander ASP Samuel Anfo said the woman operating the Christy's Maternity Home and Clinic pleaded no guilty and was processed for court.
But the Ofankor Circuit Court has
remanded the midwife and charged her with murder. The case has been adjourned
to March 16, 2016 for the trial.
source: adomonline
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