EKUA Tawiah, the woman who set her family ablaze at Chapel Hill in Takoradi resulting in the death of her husband and their seven-year-old son, has died. She died in the early hours of yesterday morning.
The woman went on hunger strike and refused to take medications while on admission at the hospital.
The hospital authorities and the Takoradi Central Police are yet to locate any member of her family because no family member showed up since she was hospitalised.
Ekua who left her marital home for three months due to constant marital problems, returned to the family last week Wednesday with petrol and while the whole family was asleep, she locked the door and then set the room ablaze.
Before the door could be forced open the fire had engulfed them all. Their son died a few hours after arriving at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital and the husband shortly afterward.
According to the Deputy Director in charge of Nursing at Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital, Mrs Mary Hayford, doctors did everything possible to save the life of Ekua but their efforts were constantly thwarted by her refusal to take any medication.
She said even when they set drip on her she removed the tubing in the middle of the night.
When asked whether any of her family members had reported to the hospital, she said no family member had come. The only information gleaned from her was that she was from Agona in the Central Region.
Mrs Hayford said Ekua’s medical bills and her upkeep were taken care of by benevolent people and from the pockets of some of the nurses.
She said even though the burns were severe, they did everything possible, adding that she likely would have survived but for her failure to co-operate with them.
Meanwhile, the body of Ekua has been deposited at the hospital mortuary awaiting autopsy.
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