Six persons including two doctors, four nurses and some social workers have been arrested after investigations by the Medical and Dental Council and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) revealed their involvement in their involvement in the illegal act of baby harvesting and human trafficking.
The arrest of the aforementioned persons was announced in a joint statement which revealed that the investigations were carried into the illegal activities between the periods of June to November, 2020.
The statement pointed out that as a result of these investigations, two medical doctors, two social worker, four nurses, two mothers and one traditional birth attendant, have been arrested so far and are on bail pending further investigation.
The statement continued that Dr. Hope Mensah Quashie was arrested On Thursday, December 31, 2020. Dr. Mensah Quashie who according to the statement, works with the 37 Military Hospital, was arrested at Susan Clinic, located at Lartebiokorshie, a suburb of Accra; a medical facility that is owned by the doctor himself.
Dr. Quashie is alleged to have sold the first baby boy to the team for an amount of Thirty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC30, 000.00) in October, 2020.
He was reportedly arrested with some three nurses who are said to be his employees at the clinic. The names of the nurses were mentioned as Sylvia Awuseh, John Adorey Effie and Angela Ametepe. The said persons are said to have been identified as his accomplices together with one Dede Gifty Anikpi, a traditional birth attendant at Bethlehem Maternity Home at Santoe a suburb of Kpone Katamanso, who referred the mother of the first baby to Susan Clinic.
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