{"id":31271,"date":"2021-05-08T03:36:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T03:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hitzmakers.com\/?p=31271"},"modified":"2021-05-08T03:36:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T03:36:19","slug":"korle-bu-doctor-allegedly-poisons-colleagues-water-with-hiv-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hitzmakers.com\/korle-bu-doctor-allegedly-poisons-colleagues-water-with-hiv-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Korle Bu doctor allegedly poisons colleague\u2019s water with HIV blood"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Korle Bu Police are investigating a case involving the contamination of a medical doctor\u2019s drinking water with HIV-infected blood.<\/p>\n

The act is suspected to have been carried out by another doctor following a disagreement between the two.<\/p>\n

Both doctors (names withheld) work at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH).<\/p>\n

Disagreement<\/p>\n

Checks by Graphic Online at the Korle Bu District Police Command indicated that at about 11.30a.m. on May 6, 2021, 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\u2019s drinking water.<\/p>\n

The medical doctor told the police that he was on a 24-hour duty with six other doctors at the Labour Ward One of the hospital.<\/p>\n

At the end of the 24-hour shift, the medical doctor allegedly returned to his consulting room and detected that his drinking water which he kept in a water bottle in the room was contaminated.<\/p>\n

Suspicion<\/p>\n

The doctor suspected that his water had been contaminated after he found a reddish substance which appeared like blood in the water.<\/p>\n

Based on the doctor\u2019s suspicion, the water in the bottle was clinically tested and it was found that the substance was blood.<\/p>\n

HIV test<\/p>\n

When the blood was later tested, it came out positive for HIV.<\/p>\n

The medical doctor told the police that he suspected one of his colleagues and gave his name to the police.<\/p>\n

He claimed that the two of them had some disagreement while they were on duty at the labour ward.<\/p>\n

Confirmation<\/p>\n

Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Accra Regional Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mrs Effia Tenge confirmed the news.<\/p>\n

She said the Korle Bu Police is investigating the matter.<\/p>\n\n