A pharmacist at the Bimbilla government hospital is in the grips of the district police for allegedly stealing some pharmaceutical drugs.
The district police crime officer, DSP Ebenezer Kosi-Peprah told Citi News that the police got a hint from an informant, that some drugs belonging to the Bimbilla hospital were been transported to Tamale on a Bimbilla – Tamale bound bus.
The bus was quickly intercepted at the barrier along the Bimbilla -Accra road, and upon a search, the drugs were found on top of the vehicle.
The suspect, one Stephen Nii Obodai, who happened to be the pharmacist at the hospital, was later arrested at his Bungalow at the hospital.
DSP Kosi-Peprah also said some drugs were found in the suspect’s room upon a thorough search by the police. He later told the police that those drugs were meant for his clients.
Citi News checks at the hospital revealed that the pharmacist was already suspected by some of his colleagues.
Mr Dandia, the district director of Ghana Health Service at the Nanumba north district, said “as a hospital, we actually also realized that some form of thievery of drugs has been going on and management in a meeting decided on a number of options, one of which was getting a CCTV cameras at vantage places so as to monitor and if someone is caught picking the drugs they could be tracked.”
“We also employed some security men to be on the watch and for that matter crime at the hospital has reduced as compared to sometime past where it was so rampant that we easily run out of drugs,” he added.
He urged the general public to also report to management if they notice anything odd at the facility. He has also pledged the support of management to ensure that the suspect is appropriately punished.
Stephen Nii Obodai has been asked to vacate from his post, pending further investigations by an independent committee.
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By: Mohammed Aminu M Alabira/citifmonline.com/Ghana