The 92 comprised of health workers of the Tema General Hospital who worked on the patient, his friends, family and others, Dr John Yabani, Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate, disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency on Friday.

Dr Yabani indicated that the 92 where identified through the retracing of the victim’s path at Ashaiman, Nmai-Dzor and Tema.

He said they were being monitored for 21 days for symptoms of the disease, early detection and treatment in case any of them had been infected, adding that they were at different  days of monitoring depending on when they had the contact with the patient.

He gave the assurance that all those being monitored were currently healthy and have no symptoms of the disease and appealed to the public to immediately report to any health institution when they have a fever of 37.5 degrees Celsius, vomiting of blood, among others for appropriate tests and care.

The victim who was admitted at the Tema General Hospital on February 23 died on admission on February 28.

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Source: GNA

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The 25 –year old said she was kept in the facility for several hours after her face was dipped in hot pepper by her Supervisor, Jihad Chaaban, preventing her other worried colleagues from helping her.

[contextly_sidebar id=”h0hKJvMmhSM6Q1H2dg8XuWzOPho1LTsF”]Speaking to Citi FM’s Philip Ashon, the victim said she wants justice to prevail to serve as a deterrent to both foreign and local employers maltreating their workers.

“I want justice to prevail so that next time when these people come here and work with us, they will know that we have our right to say what is bothering us.”

She also recounted her ordeal, saying: “It was on Sunday, I went to work so after the rain stopped, I was at my department and one Supervisor called me to go and help someone to blend fresh pepper because there was pressure so I went to the Rice department . While I was blending the pepper, the blender was making noise …Then all of a sudden Mr . Jihad appeared and started shouting on me and insulting me, asking me whether I did not know I was destroying the blender , then I told him: ‘Mr. Jihad it is just fresh pepper.’ Before I could open my mouth again, he put my face inside the blender and when I tried taking my face from blender, the pepper split into my eyes and my face…All I could do was to cry.”

She also revealed some unfavourable conditions employees at Marwako go through before their salaries are paid.

She disclosed that their phones are often seized when they arrive at the workplace, and that they are sometimes forced to work beyond the stipulated hours.

Evelyn Boakye earns 300 cedis a month.

“When the month ends, two weeks before they pay or sometimes a week before they pay us. It is high time we let them know we are in our country. Not that if they do something wrong, they give us small money to shut our mouths. It is high time we let them know that we are in our country, not in their country. We cannot go into their country and do this. It will never happen. And moreover their ladies are not working, we are working so they should not treat us like slaves.”

She also revealed how some of her Ghanaian colleagues at the workplace including a Ghanaian supervisor, disagreed with her decision to demand justice and rather encouraged her to take money from the managers as compensation.

She said when the incident happened, her Ghanaian supervisor, one Ali, told her that she wasn’t the first person to have experienced that treatment at the Restaurant, and so she shouldn’t make an issue out of it.

Watch full interview below

Lebanese supervisor apologizes for ‘assaulting’ Ghanaian worker 

Meanwhile, the Lebanese Supervisor , Jihad Chaaban, who has been accused of assaulting the employee has issued an apology to the victim.

Mr. Chaaban, in his letter of apology to the victim, said : “I wish very sincerely to personally apologize to you for the incident of 26th February 2017 at our Abelenkpe place of work.”

He however denied reports that the victim was locked up after the incident, explaining that he rather tried to get help for her.

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By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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After years of hiding under a hood and caps to cover my scar-drawn face, I had hoped that justice will alleviate my pain. I am human just like anyone, but for the past years most people call me the ’acid guy’ due to the horrendous and atrocious terror attempt on my life.

Most of you know my story, where volumes of acid were poured on me by girlfriend, Esther Enyonam Pekyi, after a brief misunderstanding on June 25, 2015.

Just in case you are not aware of the story you can acquaint yourself on the following links on citifmonline.

I am supposed to be a dead man. In fact, I ‘died’ on three occasions only for God to give my life back to me. I have been under the knife through multiple doctors at the 37 Military Hospital.

My tragedy almost coincided with the month of the June 3 disaster. During that period, scores of ‘burnt’ patients were brought into my ward, and although I was almost at my grave, I witnessed all the patients in my ward die virtually every day.

Their death reminded me of my own impending death and virtually bid them ‘see you soon in Heaven’ whenever I felt their last minute of life on earth.

Families will troop into my ward to take their dead family members away for burial or storage, and the more that routine continued the less hope I had. I could barely see; and the acid burns on my skin made me look so scary that I was sure some of the nurses had nightmares whenever they slept.

I always sensed the fear and pain in the heart of my friends and family whenever they visited because every patient around me keeps dying. I remember one tragic incident when I was operated on by two doctors and unfortunately for them; I was just about waking up although I had been anaesthetised.

I lost so much blood; and many around were so sure I wasn’t going to make it. But by the hard work of the doctors and the grace of God I made it. I have suffered, I have cried, I have lost friends and I have made new ones.

But for the massive support from the administration of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), my GIMPA class mates led by Johnny Mantey, Unibank, CITI FM, the Chairman of His Majesty Group, Alexander Takyi Yeboah and scores of others, I wouldn’t have made it.
Now let me focus on the core reason for this article.

My attacker, Esther, went into hiding after the attack; and after series of investigations inspired by the best investigators at the Accra Regional Police Command, she was arrested.

Details of the arrest are on citifmonline. The then Accra Regional Commander at the time, COP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, personally made sure that he assembled the best men to arrest her, and went ahead to ensure her prosecution.

Following his transfer to the Police Command and Staff College at Winneba in the Central Region, I lost hope in the process; and didn’t have any confidence thereof.

I know how bureaucratic the adjudication process can be; but the presence of COP Dampare and his high code of ethics and discipline gave me confidence that the process will be fair; but that has changed after his transfer.

After preliminary investigations, Esther was kept on remand pending the trial process.

Although the police per their facts were sure that there was enough evidence for an ‘attempted murder’ charge, the Attorney General’s department thought otherwise and preferred a lesser charge of ‘causing harm’ instead.

She was subsequently granted bail. Personally, I wondered why an individual, who attempted to end my life with the most corrosive weapon on earth, be allowed back in society however temporary, without any form of restriction.

It was a sad day for me. We have been to court on multiple occasions thereafter and the trial judge keeps adjourning the case largely because of lack of interest from the state prosecutors.

The said judge doesn’t seem to care whether the AG is serious or not, and there appears to be this subtle attempt to let Esther walk free from what I see. So the AG refuses to be present in court, the judge keeps adjourning the case and just like many cases, the case will be struck out for want of prosecution.

As I prepare to seek medical attention abroad, I keep receiving and seeing pictures of Esther Enyonam Pekyi, my attacker, happily attending flashy events at plush locations in Accra. I also keep hearing of alleged attempts to make her prosecution a ‘foolish case’ due to the influence of her family.

Despite the huge evidence against her and the available witnesses to this tragedy, it saddens my heart why the AG and the trial judge are doing nothing critical about my case.

I am actually the only acid victim who survived that year. Many other victims of acid attacks died that year and beyond.

This is not a fight for me Eric Ohemeng. This is a fight for justice for everyone. I was the victim today; but who knows who it will be tomorrow?
The criminal justice system must work to guarantee justice for all irrespective of one’s stature or class in society.

Although I intend to write formally to the new Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Gloria Akuffo and the Chief Justice, I call on all Ghanaians to support my call for justice and if I have to die trying to get justice, I am ready for that sacrifice.

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By: Eric Ohemeng

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