Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas says claims by the Ridge authorities that the items sold in the documentary do not belong to the hospital and does not also constitute the hospital’s COVID-19 stock either donated or procured are false.
He insisted his Tiger Eye PI team’s follow-ups distinctly confirmed that the hospital purchased the personal protective kits.
“Even in the Ridge Hospital statement, they mentioned one Thomas Osei. But for Divine, they mentioned clearly that the PPE is state-owned. It is very clear from the film so the fact that they suspended them alone should tell us something. The personalities involved in the scandal admits he bought it from an institution and the institution is very clear that it is Ridge Hospital that said the PPE should be sent to them. So we have done our best to put everything out there. So the film is there for everybody to see who is saying what”, he noted.
In an interview on the Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday, Anas commended the authorities of Ridge hospital for their swift intervention on the matter and meeting out punitive action against its staff implicated in the documentary. He further noted that the move is enough proof that acts of corruption are intolerable.
He added that the recent turn of events should serve as a wake-up call for other state agencies that their regular underhand dealings risk being exposed in the public domain.
“If between yesterday and today, I am getting a million views on the film [on social media], then it should tell us how the public is receiving it. I am very happy about it and I think the numbers are even going to grow bigger. I can clearly see the panic in the management of the Ridge Hospital when on Sunday when we had not even released the documentary, they quickly issued a statement. That is what we want, we want to have the impact. We don’t have to leave our state institutions to think that nobody is watching.”
His recent work on COVID-19 has generated a lot of buzzes and it proves the depth of impact the work has had on the public.
The documentary – ‘Cashing in on COVID; exploiting the global pandemic and profiting from the sale of PPE’, captured two staff of the Ridge Hospital, Thomas Osei, Medicine Counter Assistant and Divine Kumordzi of the Sewing Unit of the Hospital allegedly selling COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
The two staff have since been suspended for what the hospital management described as administrative malpractices.
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