Police to probe death of deputy minister's wife

Page 17: Daily Graphic, April 23, 2010.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, has ordered investigations into the death of the wife of a Deputy Minister of Energy, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, at the Police Hospital.
The woman was alleged to have died on Wednesday during child birth at the Police Hospital in Accra through negligence on the part of some medical staff.
The Director-General of Police Intelligence and Professional Standards Bureau (PIPS), DCOP Timothy Ashiley, told the Daily Graphic yesterday that the IGP had been alarmed by the news and asked that it should be investigated.
He said the news came as a surprise, especially when research published recently indicated that the Police Hospital had the best maternal health standards in the country.
He explained that it was to ensure that standards and best practices were maintained at the hospital that the IGP had ordered PIPS to investigate.
DCOP Ashiley said with the exception of one more person to be talked to, a lot had been done by way of preliminary investigations and gave the assurance that by close of day today, some findings would have been made.
Some family members have expressed disquiet over the conduct of the hospital staff and demanded a post mortem before the late Mrs Fuseini was buried.