VANGUARD READY TO PAY CLAIMS (BACK PAGE)

STORY: Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu, Takoradi

VANGUARD Assurance, an insurance firm, has expressed its preparedness to process claims for the payment of compensation to the families of seven children who were injured by a grader belonging to a contractor at Nkotompo, near Sekondi last October.
The company, which provided insurance cover for the equipment, has therefore asked families of the affected children to initiate the process for their claims.
The families threatened to go to court since they claimed the contractor had neglected them after an initial visit.
One of the seven children, Ruth Amoasi, 7, had her left leg amputated after doctors at the Effia-Nkwanta Hospital tried in vain to prevent the amputation.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic, the Claims Manager of Vanguard Assurance, Mr Enim Addai, said it was not too late for the families of the affected children to have their claims processed, since they had three years from the day of the accident to put in their claims.
“What we expect from them is a complete or the interim medical report with passport size photographs endorsed by the doctor as well as a police report”, he explained.
Mr Addai said if those involved were children who could not defend themselves, their parents would be required to swear affidavits that they were the true parents of the children and were acting on their behalf.
Meanwhile, Ruth Amoasi has made a remarkable recovery after she was taken to Nsawam for the fixing of artificial limbs and can now walk without assistance.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic, little Ruth said she wanted to be a medical doctor because she had been impressed with the relief the doctors had brought her.
“I want to be like Dr Tawiah Siame, who took very good care of me so that one day I can also take care of people,” she said.