Sarah Danquah, the PRO for Nurses, Greater Accra Regional Hospital, has said they have a video of social media activist Ralph St. William slapping a pregnant senior Nurse during the Ridge Hospital incident.
According to the PRO for Nurses in Accra, the Health Minister’s investigative committee did not invite them to present their evidence.
She, however, revealed that the evidence will be made available to GHOne TV.
Speaking on GHOne TV, Sarah Danquah detailed, “Whatever they said, I gathered it and I realised that right from the triage they even managed, when you look at the video very well, immediately he entered there were two people, one in black, one gentleman trying to use a monitor on somebody he went straight to the one in black a pregnant woman and he slapped the face.
There are two cameras straight at the triage. I was not called into the committee, and nobody has asked me for a video. I can show you that once I leave the set, I will give it to the producer”.
She further narrated, “ She was on duty, a senior nursing officer, do you know how long it takes to be an SNO, she is a boss on her own, she was on duty with her colleagues when he came in. Chantelle was attending to a patient with burns, and you went to her and slapped her. In the video, someone pushed him away”.
Also, Jefferson Asare, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), has insisted Ridge Hospital nurse was diagnosed with polycontusion.
The GRNMA Accra Regional Chairman disputed aspects of the ministerial committee’s report on the Ridge Hospital assault.
According to Jefferson Asare, the committee failed to speak to the doctor who initially assessed the injured nurse.
Speaking on Channel One TV in reaction to the committee’s final report, Jefferson Asare stated, “I can say on record that the doctor who saw the lady was not even interviewed during the committee sitting. I know that for a fact because the names that were provided for people that were interviewed are here, and the medical report that was written and stamped—I have it. The doctor’s name is here. That doctor was not interviewed”.
“The dislocation was not said by any nurse or any other person than the medical director of Ridge Hospital when we met the medical director,” he explained. “It wasn’t the nurse who diagnosed the dislocation. It was a senior medical officer who saw the lady on Monday morning.”
He further questioned the committee’s rationale behind the committee’s choice of interviewees.
He added, “You go and interview the HOD of that department. What account will the HOD give you? You will need to interview the person who had first sight of the lady in question. Did they interview that doctor? No.”
“The diagnosis of the lady at the time was polycontusion. When we say polycontusion, what do we mean? It simply means that there is redness, there is swelling, and pain at the site of the hit. That is when you diagnose somebody with polycontusion,” he explained.
He further queried, “So do they want to tell us that the doctor who did the diagnosis doesn’t know what he or she is doing? Is that what the committee wants to tell us?”.
However, the Ministry of Health has dismissed allegations that the committee investigating the alleged assault failed to interview the doctor who assessed the injured nurse.
Responding to claims by GRNMA Accra Regional Chairman, the Ministry’s spokesperson, Tony Goodman, stated, “That is not correct. We have spoken with everybody, including the doctor who saw the lady. He is a specialist, and this committee’s work cannot be rubbished”.
“This is an extensive work that has been done. We are not looking at who is at fault… We are looking at how best we can strengthen our system,” he said.
Meanwhile, the committee set up by the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has shockingly revealed that the Ridge Hospital nurse suffered no fracture or shoulder dislocation.
According to the committee, there was no medical evidence to support the claims that nurse Rejoice Tsotso Bortei claims.
Dr. Lawrence Ofori-Boadu, the Chairman of the Committee, added that the alleged victim reported her injuries on August 18, but there were no signs of a fracture in her left wrist or a dislocation in her right shoulder joint.
The committee added that the nurse was treated and given pain relief medication.
Meanwhile, Rejoice Tsotsoo Bortei, the nurse at the Ridge Hospital, has filed a lawsuit against Ralph Saint Williams over allegations of assault and defamation.
Rejoice Tsotsoo Bortei, in her suit, also accused Ralph Saint Williams of publishing damaging remarks about her on social media.
In the nurse’s writ filed at the High Court, she is demanding GH₵7 million in damages — GH₵5 million for battery and GH₵2 million for defamation.
Watch the video below:
We are in possession of a video of Ralph slapping a pregnant senior Nurse on duty that day but the committee didn't invite us to share but we will make it available to GHONE TV
— Serwaa Amihere (@Serwaa_Amihere) August 28, 2025
Sarah Danquah – PRO for Nurses, Greater Accra Regional Hospital pic.twitter.com/URcc1ngyxv