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  • Jacob Zuma moved to an outside hospital for ‘routine observation’

    Jacob Zuma moved to an outside hospital for ‘routine observation’

    Jacob Zuma moved to an outside hospital for ‘routine observation’, says prison authority

    Jacob Zuma

    Former president Jacob Zuma. File photo. 
    Image: Rogan Ward

    The department of correctional services said on Friday that former president Jacob Zuma has been admitted to an outside hospital for medical observation.

    Zuma, who was sentenced last month to a 15-month jail term for contempt of court, has been medically supervised by staff from the SA Military Health Services since his admission at the Estcourt Correctional Centre.

    “A routine observation prompted that Mr Zuma be taken for in-hospitalisation,” said spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo.

    SEE ALSO: Former SA President Jacob Zuma to be allowed out of prison for trial

    The JGZ Foundation, which speaks on behalf of the former president and his family, downplayed Zuma’s move from the prison to hospital.

    In a short statement posted on its social media page, the foundation said the 79–year-old Zuma “is attending to his annual medical routine check-up. No need to be alarmed … yet.”

    Zuma began serving the prison sentence on July 8 on the order of the Constitutional Court after repeatedly snubbing a call to appear at the commission of inquiry into state capture. He is classified as a “short-term low-risk inmate”.

    Two weeks ago, he joined his family for the funeral of his brother Michael, in Nkandla, after he was granted compassionate leave.

    When asked how Zuma was doing in jail, his son Edward said at the time that while there were a few things his father was not happy with, he was doing well. “He is in top spirits.”

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  • Kumasi to get modern Police hospital

    Kumasi to get modern Police hospital

    Mr. James Oppong Boanuh, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), has laid the foundation stone for the construction of a 50-bed capacity Regional Police Hospital in Kumasi.

    The Hospital, which is expected to be completed in August next year, will help ease pressure on the only existing and reliable Police Hospital in the capital, Accra.

    This new facility was not only going to serve officers in Ashanti but serve police personnel, dependents, retired officers, officers from other sister security agencies, inmates of police cells, prisons, other correctional centers, and the public in the northern sector of the country

    Mr Oppong Boanuh, speaking at the ceremony at the Police Training School in Patasi in the Kumasi metropolis, indicated that, the project was initiated by COP Mr. Nathan Kofi Boakye, a former Ashanti Regional Police Commander but was stalled due to lack of funds.

    The two-storey facility is estimated to cost GHS 8,300,000.00.

    Mr. Oppong Boanuh mentioned that the project was being funded from interest accrued from contributions of Police Officers’ welfare scheme.

    Police Officers with various expertise in building construction are going to be engaged in the construction of the project and they would be supervised by the projects department of the Service.

    It will be run as part of the police Hospital with the Police Medical Director seeing to its day to day management.

    The IGP commended COP Kofi Boakye for initiating the project, adding that, the construction of the Hospital had come at a good time.

    On the upcoming general elections, he assured Ghanaians of the security agencies’ readiness to police the ballots, and ensure that lives and properties were protected before, during, and after the elections.

    Mr. Simon Osei Mensah, Ashanti Regional Minister, urged workers on the project to expedite actions to help complete it on the stipulated time.

    Ghanaweb