Kintampo Accident: Gov’t pays treatment cost of surviving victims

The Government has indicated its preparedness to bear the medical bills of victims of last Friday’s accident which occurred at Ampomakrom in the Kintampo South District of the Bono East Region.

Evans Opoku Bobbie, the acting Minister for Bono East Region disclosed this when he visited the accident victims currently receiving treatment at the Kintampo South District Hospital in Jema.

Victims receiving care at the Holy Family Hospital at Techiman as well as other health facilities will benefit from similar government support.

Speaking to NEWSMEN, Evans Opoku Bobbie the Acting Minister for Bono East Region, disclosed that government had already made some financial commitment towards the treatment of the surviving victims.

“Government is going to take care of the cost of treatment until they are discharged. We will take the cost of treatment of all those who are here and those who have been transferred to other hospitals.  We have left some amount of money here in Jaman to take good care of those who are receiving treatment. We will visit those at the other others and do same.”

About 67 persons have so far been confirmed dead in the accident which involved a VVIP Kia bus with registration number GT 3915- 17 travelling from Garu in the Upper East Region to Kumasi and a Grandbird bus with registration number GT 5694-18 from Accra to Bolgantaga also in the Upper East Region.

Source:Ghana/otecfmghana.com