The 37 Military Hospital in Accra has submitted a Board of Inquiry summary report to the couple, which claims one of the twins was allegedly ‘stolen’ at the hospital shortly after delivery and told them to proceed to court if not satisfied.
The Chief of Staff (COS) at the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) – Major General Nicholas Peter Andoh, on Monday, handed over a summary report of the incident, to the family of Mr. Daniel Naawu, at the Burma Camp in Accra.
Major General Andoh stressed that he is very confident about the results of the five-month investigation, asking the couple to seek compensation in court if they are still not satisfied with the report.
“I have completed the report completely and I am sure that nothing untoward has happened. However, if you are not satisfied, you can go to court.
According to the eight-page report jointly signed by Captain (GN) Paul Yegbe and Major Alfred Toppar, the president and Secretary of the Board of Inquiry – a copy of which is in the possession of the Ghanaian Times, 16 people were interrogated. and statements taken under oath during the investigation to establish the facts of the case.
The one who was interrogated was the main surgeon Dr. Ali Saine, Dr. Sheryl Adongo (Assistant Surgeon), Dr. Charles Buckman (Team Leader), Dr. Davies Adedze (Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology), Group Captain Rosalind Asiedu (Senior). Resident Radiologist), Dr Margaret Mpetey (Resident Radio), Major Samuel Adade (Anaesthetist), SNO Roberta Anokye Bempah (Scrub Nurse) and Lieutenant Frederick Kunkpe.
The rest are Sub Lieutenant Nida Asiedu (Midwife), Chief Petty Officer Jennifer Boateng (Maternity Ward Master), Lance Corporal Linda Osei Bonsu (Midwife), Major Naomi Op¬pong (Nursing Officer In-charge of Maternity), DDNS Deborah Boateng (Vice Maternity Officer), Mrs. Audrey Ag¬yapong (Client) and Mr. Samuel Kotei Dsane (Client’s Father).
Mrs. Agyapong, reports stat¬ed, reported for the order of ante-natal care at the 37 Military Hospi¬tal at the age of 26 weeks, before having done a scan at a facility in Accra at 20 weeks of pregnancy that reported twins.
It is said that a repeat scan performed at Military Hospital 37 on July 21, 2022, at 31 weeks also showed a twin pregnancy.
“He was booked for a Caesarean operation because he had two Caesarean operations and a medical condition. The surgical team made all the preparations to receive the twins in the theater. However, the surgeon realized that he was a single person and this was given to the patient and his family.
“The patient and his family did not agree and requested the hospital, stating that the second twin was missing,” the report added.
He said the Board of Inquiry sought the opinion of independent experts including consultant radiologists and obstetricians from the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital – they all agreed that there may be misdiagnosis of multiple gestations with ultrasound scans.
The report states that the average weight for a singleton is about 3kg to 3.2kg, while the average weight for twins is 2.5kg to 2.9kg.
“Therefore, it is rare to have twins weighing more than 3kg unless there are other maternal conditions such as diabetes mellitus.”
The baby was born weighing 3.1 kg.
During the findings, the report said the radiologist at Military Hospital 37 who performed the ultrasound scan made a misdiagnosis, because it was influenced by the patient’s information that she was pregnant with twins.
“Madam Agyapong and the attending health workers at Military Hospital 37 assumed that she was pregnant with twins, influenced only by two reports of ultra-sound scans until delivery,” he said, adding that 10 people were in the theater during the event. delivery has been interviewed, “all testified that it was a single fetus with a single placenta and a single cord.”
It says one placenta is delivered with one cord.
“It is not like that if Mrs. Agyapong is pregnant with twins. Even for twins with the same placenta, the cord must be attached to the placenta.”
The report said as part of the investigation, the placenta was sent to the Police Forensic Laboratory (PFL) for analysis to determine if it was the one sent by Ms. Agyapong.
“PFL took a piece of placental tissue and oral tissue from Mrs. Agyapong and sent the sample outside the country for DNA analysis and we are waiting for the result.”
The report of the Board of Inquiry concluded that “the matter is an unfortunate situation of misdiagnosis of a singleton pregnancy for a twin pregnancy influenced by the report of the last ultrasound scan (second and third).
Meanwhile, the baby’s father, Mr. Naawu, has expressed his dismay at the report, saying he will look back to know the next course of action.
“We have been through a lot of trauma since September 8 last year, when my wife gave birth to a baby instead of two.
“The Chief of Staff has asked us to go to court if we are still not satisfied with the report, and we will take a decision on what to do next,” he told the Ghanaian Times yesterday.
In an investigative story carried by the Ghanaian Times on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, the couple recounted how they went to the 37 Military Hospital in the hope that the twins would only be given one baby after giving birth and were therefore suspected of foul play.
An ultrasound examination carried out at 31 weeks of pregnancy at two medical facilities, including Military Hospital 37, showed that one Ms Agyapong was carrying two live fetuses (twins).
A second ultrasound scan carried out at Military Hospital 37 on 21 July 2022, and signed by Drs MT Mpetey and R.Asiedu, Resident and Senior Doctor respectively, confirmed the results of the previous scan with twins A weighing 269g and B weighing 261g.
“All in all, we did four different scans, all of which showed that I had a live twin and it was amazing that someone could lose it at birth,” Agyapong told the Ghanaian Times.
Explaining further, she said on September 7, 2022, at 38 weeks pregnant, she was admitted to Military Hospital 37 where her vitals were taken with both fetal heartbeats confirmed to be normal.
In a follow-up story by the Ghanaian Times on Wednesday, January 25, last month, the 37 Military Hospital apologized to the couple, insisting that the ultrasound diagnosis of twins was flawed.
Source: ghanaiantimes.com.gh
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