Police Hospital plans mass burial for 250 corpses.
As part of an usual move to decongest the hospital's mortuary, the Police Hospital is planning a mass burial for about 250 unidentified and unclaimed dead.
Prior to the exercise, the police invited the public to contact the hospital's Pathology Department to identify people who had not been seen in a long time.
This, according to the police, will assist prevent such bodies from being mixed in with those destined for mass burial.
According to a statement written by Superintendent Yaw Nketia-Yeboah, the hospital's head of public affairs, these unidentified and unclaimed "dead bodies are largely paupers, unknown former patients, abandoned dead bodies, unidentified accident and crime victims," dated June 15, 2022.
He also urged and encouraged people to have their identity cards or those of any organization on them at all times so that the police and others may quickly identify them in the event of a medical emergency or an accident.
read also: Islamic SHS saga: IGP making policing ‘attractive’, his response to issues ‘matchless’ – Majority Leader.
Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader, says the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, needs all the help and praise he can get for his "outstanding" leadership as head of the Ghana Police Service.
In recent times, he claims, the security chief is rewriting the narrative of Ghana police and making it more "attractive."
The IGP's prompt response to the Islamic SHS shooting earned Osei Kyei-Mensah-praise. Bonsu's
"It was incredible how Dr. George Akuffo Dampare (IGP) moved from Accra to Kumasi to fix problems. He is a true leader who requires all of the help he can get in his field of business. He's doing fantastic," he stated in an interview with NEAT FM's Ghana Montie morning show.
Students provide a demonstration.
Some pupils at Kumasi's Islamic Senior High School protested pedestrian knockdowns involving the school's students and staff.
However, police brutality greeted their demonstration, with viral video footage showing officers firing tear gas at students to disperse the throng.
Following an apparent altercation with the police, over 25 students were brought to the hospital.
Police Behaviour
In a statement released later on Monday, the Ghana Police Service conceded that its officers stationed at the Senior High School might have handled the chaos better on Monday morning.
The Director of Public Affairs, Chief Superintendent Grace Ansah-Akrofi, issued a statement condemning the violence against the protesting students, stating that "the Police handling of the incident was poor and fell short of our standard operating procedure on crowd control," despite the fact that no one was hit by a live bullet.
DCOP Kwasi Akomeah-Apraku, the Deputy Regional Police Commander who was serving as the Regional Police Commander at the time of the turmoil, was later removed from office by the Ghana Police Service.
ACP/Mr. George Ankomah, the Ghana Police's Regional Operations Officer, and ACP/Mr. Alex Cudjoe Acquah, the Suame Divisional Police Commander, have both been arrested.
Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, the IGP, had visited the school and met with the area police commander to acquire first-hand information.
Even if the kids were incorrect, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, an MP representing Suame in Kumasi, claimed "the police personnel's response was reprehensible."
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