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  • Tema Hospital nurses laughed at me when I told them my baby’s breathing tracker went blank after blackout – Bereaved mother

    Tema Hospital nurses laughed at me when I told them my baby’s breathing tracker went blank after blackout – Bereaved mother

    A grieving mother has accused nurses at Tema General Hospital of responding with laughter after she reported that her baby’s breathing tracker went blank following a blackout.

    The sister of the bereaved mother, stated that the loss of her newborn at the hospital was due to power outages, despite the hospital’s outright denial of any fatalities during a recent outage earlier in the week.

    “My sister says that the nurses ridiculed her when she pointed out the medical tracker showing the child’s breathing ceased following the power outage,” she added.

    She narrated the sequence of events wherein the doctor arrived, examined the child, and then engaged in a private conversation with her.

    According to her account, upon inquiry, the doctor revealed that the child had passed away.

    “The doctor arrived and examined the child before calling me privately and saying lots of things.

    “So, I asked her what exactly was the issue and she disclosed that the child was dead. I, however, asked that the child should be left untouched until the mother’s father and husband come in because death and life were from God,” she stressed.

    In light of the heartbreaking news, she requested that the baby remain untouched until the mother’s father and husband could arrive, emphasizing that matters of life and death are ultimately determined by a higher power.

    The emergence of two separate videos depicting the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) enveloped in darkness has stirred public outrage, with Ghanaians criticizing the government for the ongoing power supply challenges and their adverse effects on lives.

    In the viral footage, a nurse captured the moment the hospital experienced a blackout and detailed how the power failure endangered the lives of babies in incubators.

    Nonetheless, Tema General Hospital has refuted allegations of fatalities resulting from the power outage.

    According to the hospital’s statement, the incident transpired during an interruption in electricity supply from the national grid, prompting the activation of the facility’s backup power system.

    Management clarified that although there was a momentary malfunction in the dedicated generator for the NICU, the hospital’s electricians promptly intervened and resolved the issue.

    As a result, uninterrupted power supply was ensured to the unit until the national grid’s operation was restored.

  • Newborn baby dies as fire in Spain destroys apartments

    Newborn baby dies as fire in Spain destroys apartments

    A family of four with two little kids and an old couple are the first known people who died in a fire that destroyed a building in Spain.

    Ten people were killed in a fire at the Tabacalara Municipal Building in Valencia’s Campanar district. The fire was set last night in a way that was similar to the fire at Grenfell Tower in 2017.

    Firefighters flying a drone saw four dead bodies. They think there are about 14 more people in the building, but they don’t think anyone is alive.

    Some people, including a two-year-old child, a two-month-old baby, and some people from other countries, might be stuck inside the building. It might be hard to find them, the Spanish officials say.

    The Spanish media has only been able to identify some of the victims, but their names have not been released yet.

    However, it is believed that an old couple died in the fire while hiding in their bathroom with their dog.

    Local news has said that the whole family, which includes a young family with four members, died in the fire in their apartment.

    The family had a mom and dad, a new baby, and a three-year-old girl who went to Sant Pau nursery school. There is a black veil at the entrance of the school to show that they are mourning.

    Two people from Ukraine who ran away to Spain are also living on the same street.

    People ran out onto their balconies to get away from the fire at the 14-story apartment building, where more than 450 people live.

    The building had a material on the outside that could catch on fire easily, like the material used on Grenfell Tower. This caused the fire to spread quickly and cover the whole building in just ten minutes.

    Luis Ibanez, who lives in the area, said on TVE that he looked out of a window and saw the fire quickly cover the whole building. He said it seemed like the building was easily catching fire.

    “He said he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. ” ‘The building on the other side was fully on fire from the first to the sixth or seventh floor. ‘

    Another person who lives across the street from the building told RNE radio what she saw when the fire started.

    She said that the fire started on the balconies and parts of the building fell down. The wind had blown parts of the outside covering off in the past and it had to be fixed.

    Firefighters used big machines to save people stuck on their balconies. They helped a dad and his daughter, and a boy who was stuck on the second floor.

    A woman named Sara from Portugal and her partner Amar, who is from Belgium, got stuck on their seventh-floor balcony for a long time. Firefighters saved them.

  • Newborn baby found in polythene bag at Central Region

    Newborn baby found in polythene bag at Central Region

    The infant was placed inside a black polythene bag and left near a private residence in the area.

    The baby’s cries alerted the homeowner, who promptly intervened and made the startling find.

    The Ofaakor District Police were immediately informed and took swift action.

    They rescued the baby boy and rushed him to a nearby hospital for urgent medical attention.

    Subsequently, he was transferred to the Village of Hope hospital in Gomoa Fetteh.

    Doctors at the hospital praised the individuals involved in the rescue, stating that if they had waited any longer, the baby might not have survived.

    As authorities delve into the matter, the Police have launched a thorough investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the baby’s abandonment.

  • Newborn baby reportedly rescued from earthquake rubble in Syria

    Newborn baby reportedly rescued from earthquake rubble in Syria

    A newborn baby has been reportedly rescued from the rubble of her home in northern Syria following a massive earthquake on Monday.

    Her umbilical cord was still attached to her mother when she was found, a relative told AFP. Her mother is believed to have died after giving birth.

    The baby who is receiving treatment at a clinic in Afrin, is the sole survivor of her immediate family, the rest of whom were all killed when a 7.8-magnitude quake that struck Syria and neighbouring Turkey flattened the family home in the rebel-held town of Jindayris, cousin Khalil al-Suwadi said.

    Several small children have been rescued in Kahramanmaras, one of the cities most affected by the earthquake in Turkey.

    Source: African News