Twum Barimah, a former police officer and attorney, told how, as a young cop, he alone carried a person with severe mental health issues from a Tema neighborhood to the Pantang hospital.
Despite the patient’s extreme wildness and resistance, he managed to get him to Pantang for medical care, according to him.
Twum Barimah voiced doubt about the circumstances surrounding the escape of a Chinese prisoner from a hospital, drawing on his background as a former police officer.
He claims that such an escape should not have been feasible in light of correct protocol and his own prior experiences.
“With my experience as a former police officer, you don’t take someone to the hospital like that. I have taken someone with mental illness to Pantang from Tema Community 7 as a police officer. He was very wild, no one could enter his room, and I was the only one who could handle him,” he stated.
“It wasn’t easy but I did, so how did the Chinese man escape? The prisoner must be in handcuffs and if he is being admitted, he is handcuffed to his bed. There is also supposed to be an armed guard close to the convict. It is negligence on the guard’s part. Authorities should investigate this matter,” he added.
