Kwabena Sintim, father of a newborn baby girl who tragically died after being transported in a taxi with an oxygen cylinder due to limited medical resources in the Asunafo South District of the Ahafo Region, has shared the painful experience.
The baby, who faced life-threatening breathing difficulties immediately after birth, was buried on Wednesday evening at the Goaso Municipal hospital.
Speaking on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem on Friday, Mr. Sintim recalled the financial and emotional toll of the ordeal.
“We really wasted money from the time she was born until she passed. She was on oxygen every hour at 20 cedis for two days. You can imagine the cost,” he said.
He added that after all expenses were settled, the hospital mortuary staff handled the burial. “They asked us to pay some money, and they buried her in a box. I was there to oversee everything,” Mr. Sintim explained, his voice heavy with grief.
The tragedy follows the heroic efforts of staff at the Asunafo South District Hospital, who tried to save the newborn referred from a maternity home in Nobeko near Kukuom.
Despite limited equipment, the medical team administered antibiotics, oxygen, suction, and manual ventilation to stabilize the infant.
“Even though the staff did everything they could, she could not survive,” Mr. Sintim said, reflecting the heartbreaking reality faced by many families in regions with limited emergency medical resources.
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