Earlier, we reported the sudden demise of a student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Senior High School(KNUST SHS) identified as Richard Sam who suffered severe stomachaches and was left in the hands of his colleagues while the school authorities stand to watch without getting him any medical attention.
The mother of the deceased has finally come out to give a chilling and harrowing account on how she lost her son.
Madam Comfort who gave accounts of the incident on Angel 102.9 FM said that some of the teachers in the school were spotted in the viral video standing at the scene and refused to get closer to the boy with the fear that he might have contracted the deadly virus.
She also revealed that her son, Richard Sam was an ulcer patient and she tried to visit him in the school on July 5 but was turned away by the security guards who said they have been given strict instructions not to allow any parent to the school premises.
“I was prevented from seeing my child on Sunday, just a day before the incident. The security men at the gate drove me away like chicken,” she said.
Unfortunately, Richard got sick the following morning.
She also said that even though his son’s illness started in the morning, she called to be informed later that evening after the situation had gotten worst and refuted claims that she told the school not to giver her son any first aid medication.
“They could have taken him to the hospitable which was close to the school,” Madam Comfort said.
Richard was later taken to the hospital in the evening and the mom was made to buy all the drugs prescribed by the doctor but unfortunately, he passed away the following morning.
She also revealed how life has been difficult for her in taking care of her children. She said that she had to sell all her expensive clothes to take care of Richard and his siblings.
“I sometimes have to go to the seamstress to take back my clothes to resell just to take care of his education,” she said, adding she “suffered” doing menial jobs just to ensure the son’s welfare but that “amounted to nothing”.
The headmistress of the KNUST SHS, Felicia Asamoah Dankwaa, however, has been interdicted due to the issue that has disrupted academic work on campus.
