An 8year old Ghanaian, Davis Agbedam has died in the Indian town of Channai where he was flown to undergo heart surgery at the Apollo Children’s Hospital.
His father, Mr. Sampson Agbedam is currently stranded as his passport has been seized over his indebtedness to the hotel and hospital where the child had died.
In a Facebook post, Efo Korsi Senyo said:
“On October 25, 2021, I started a campaign to raise US$10,000 to support Davis Agbedam and the father who were stranded in the Indian hospital. Since I started the campaign no single soul was able to support the call.
Yesterday, received a call that the boy has died and the passport of the father seized as he owes the hotel and hospital bills.
Mr. Agbedam plans to bury the son in India and seriously needs our support to be able to pay the hotel and hospital bills so he can get his passport back and fly back home.
Since yesterday evening, I have been making efforts to reach out to Ghana’s embassy in India to come to the aide of Mr. Agbedam but have not been successful.
I am appealing to anyone here who has any direct link to the High Commissioner or any official of Ghana’s embassy in India to kindly help me with the contact or channel this information to them”
Speaking to Awake News from Channai, on October 23, 2021, “Mr. Agbedam said the situation of his son is critical at the back of the fact that the hospital needs an additional US$8,500 to be able to start the operation for little Davis who was diagnosed at the Korlebu Teaching Hospital in Accra with a hole-in-heart condition.
The doctors are demanding the said amount to start the operation and Mr. Agbedam and the son had to return to their hotel which they have to pay GH$30.00 per day for the past 10days since they arrived in India.
“Even the hotel bill is a problem for us. Is been more than 5days now we are unable to pay for the hotel bill. I had to plead with the hotel manager who is really helping us – a situation he may also not be able to endure for God know when” – He told Awake News’ Editor, Efo Korsi Senyo.
According to him, a Ghanaian based NGO and his church helped raise US$8,500 which was paid to the Hospital before they arrived for the condition for which the son was earlier diagnosed with but upon reaching the Apollo Children Hospital in India, the doctors at the medical facility run their version of the test to ascertain the condition of his son only to discover that the situation is worse than it was earlier discussed with the hospital before their arrival.”
