The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has clarified that a Chinese convict who escaped from prison officers did not escape from their premises.
Wang Xiao was in prison following his conviction of theft and other criminal-related offences.
According to reports, the Chinese convict feigned illness and was subsequently transferred to Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for medical attention.
On February 7, 2024, while still on admission, he managed to escape from the hospital.
But the hospital, in a statement, said he left the hospital in the custody of the two prison guards who escorted him there.
The statement said he was brought to the hospital and required some X-rays for further management of his condition.
“Upon arrival, we noticed that the prisoner was without handcuffs and was not rightly uniformed in the usual inmate attire. Wang Xiao, still unhand-cuffed, together with the Prison Guards, proceeded to have the X-ray taken. After the X-ray, he was given a brief on the procedure to be done for him, which was estimated to cost GHc606.
“However, he did not have sufficient funds to undergo treatment immediately and was therefore rescheduled to come back for the procedure on February 9 2024. The prisoner, therefore, left the clinic and the hospital in the company of the two prison guards,” the statement said.