Family demands answers after dialysis patient dies at TTH during power outage
He walked into the Tamale Teaching Hospital hoping to live. He walked out in a casket. Sumaila Amadu, a 32-year-old chronic kidney disease patient who depended on dialysis twice a week to stay alive, died on the night of August 25, 2026, during a routine evening session at the hospital’s Renal Clinic. His family says […]
On August 25, 2026, Sumaila Amadu, a 32-year-old dialysis patient, died at Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) during a routine evening session. His family is demanding answers, alleging that the lights going out and the subsequent lack of oxygen led to his death. The incident came to light after Salman Al Faris, Sumaila's brother, made three phone calls to check on him - the last call at 10:45 pm revealing Sumaila was struggling to breathe.
The hospital's standby power plant was reportedly not working and there was no oxygen available at the Renal Clinic at the time. The hospital has acknowledged the power outage and has set up an investigation team to provide a report within one week. However, they have not explicitly confirmed that these backup systems were functional on the night of Sumaila’s death.
The hospital maintains that Sumaila's clinical parameters unexpectedly changed, but the family is unconvinced. They are calling for a thorough, transparent and independent investigation to establish exactly what happened during Sumaila's final moments, and whether the hospital's emergency systems functioned as they should.
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