Doctor Allegedly Poisons Colleague’s Water With HIV Blood In
Ghana
The police in Korle Bu, Ghana are
currently carrying out an investigation following complaint of contamination of
a medical doctor’s drinking water with HIV-infected blood.
It was reported that the doctors
involved work at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Korle Bu
Teaching Hospital (KBTH), and the act is suspected to have been carried out
following a disagreement between the two while on duty.
A complaint was filed at Korle Bu
District Police Command at about 11.30 am on May 6, 2021, by a medical doctor
accompanied by the lawyer of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Mr Kwame
Gyamfi, regarding the allegation of water-poisioning.
The medical doctor told the
police that he was on a 24-hour duty with six other doctors at the Labour Ward
One of the hospital.
At the end of the 24-hour shift,
the medical doctor allegedly returned to his consulting room and detected that
his drinking water which he kept in a water bottle in the room was
contaminated.
According to the doctor, he
suspected that his water has been contaminated after he found a reddish
substance that appeared like blood in the water.
A clinical test conducted
thereafter, confirmed that it was blood and also positive for HIV.
The doctor who gave the name of
his colleague he suspects to be behind the act, claimed that they had a
disagreement while they were on duty at the labour ward.
