The Korle Bu police has launched an investigation into a case involving the contamination of a medical doctor’s drinking water with HIV-infected blood.
According to a report by Graphic Online a medical doctor, accompanied by the lawyer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Mr Kwame Gyamfi, filed a complaint at the charge office of the police station regarding an attempt to poison the doctor’s drinking water.
The doctor told the police about how he returned from a 24-hour duty with six other doctors at the Labour Ward One of the hospital only to arrive at his consulting room and realise his drinking water which he kept in a water bottle in the room was contaminated.
According to the doctor he immediately conducted test on the water after finding a reddish substance that appeared like blood in the water.
The test found out that there was blood in the water which was HIV positive.
The medical doctor told the police that he suspected one of his colleagues and gave his name to the police. He claimed that the two of them had some disagreement while they were on duty at the labour ward.
GhanaFeed.com
