Scores of Ghanaians have thronged the 37 Military Hospitals in Accra to identify the bodies of their relatives who died in the floods and fire that razed the GOIL fuel station in Accra on Wednesday.
According to an eyewitness, about 176 bodies have been retrieved from the filling station.
Authorities of the Hospital opened the mortuary to the public at 3pm on Thursday.
According to the Minister of Health, Alex Segbefia, the 37 Military Hospital, has about 65 bodies of the victims.
Speaking to Citi News, an individual whose relative had gone missing after the rains said : “I’m here for my sister’s husband. He is one of the workers at the filling station… he normally sleeps there…My sister called him yesterday and he said he will be coming but he is waiting for the rains to cease before coming.At four oclok, we started calling, we called one of his brothers, we called one after the other but we could not find anybody.”
Another person who was also at the hospital to identify his colleague said “we are looking for three of our drivers and some of the mates and some of their friends.I think the drivers are about 3, the mates almost five and then some friends, making 8.”
He said the three others who had been identified at the Police Hospital were dead.
“One got burnt instantly in a vehicle but the other two drivers died later”
“We are looking for our mother, she went to the market to sell but could not return,” another said.
“We are looking for one of our sisters. She is a nurse and works at the Ridge hospital. She informed us that she was going to work yesterday [Wednesday] but we still cannot find her.”
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