24/08/2025
WOMAN IN LABOUR DIES DUE TO NO DOCTOR IN TWO HOSPITALS.
A woman identified as Rachel lost her life trying to bring life.
A piece says" Rachel Died on the Road – How Many More Mothers Must We Lose?
Honourable Minister,
I write not only with a broken heart but with burning pain and anger. My friend, Rachel, walked into labour with hope of holding her baby in her arms. Instead, she died on the road, moving from one hospital to another, because at every stage the help she needed — a doctor — was not there.
At the Kpandai E.C.G Hospital, she was referred to Bimbilla. When she arrived in Bimbilla, there was still no doctor. From there she was referred again to Yendi. By the time help could reach her, life had already slipped away. Rachel died not because her case was hopeless, but because our system failed her at every turn.
Honourable Minister, how can this happen in our country?
Why was she referred to Bimbilla without confirming that a doctor was available?
Why did Bimbilla, too, have no doctor?
How can a mother in labour be tossed between hospitals like baggage while her life fades away?
Rachel’s death is more than one family’s pain — it is a loud cry of a broken system. She was a young woman with dreams, a mother who should have lived to raise her child, a daughter her parents should never have to bury. She deserved care. She deserved a chance. She deserved life.
Honourable Minister, I beg you with the weight of Rachel’s memory:
1. Investigate this tragedy fully and hold the system accountable.
2. Fix our referral process so that no patient is moved blindly from one hospital to another without assurance of help.
3. Deploy doctors and resources immediately to Kpandai, Bimbilla, and all neglected districts.
Rachel is gone, but her death must not be in vain. Let her memory shake this nation to act. No mother should die in the process of giving life simply because there was no doctor to save her. We look to your leadership to ensure this never happens again.