He walked into the Tamale Teaching Hospital hoping to live. He walked out in a casket.
The report indicates that he walked into the Tamale Teaching Hospital hoping to live. He walked out in a casket.
It further notes that 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 he did not die because his body gave up. He died, they allege, because the lights went out, and when the lights went out, so did the oxygen.
Three phone calls. That is all it took for Salman Al Faris to go from checking on his brother to learning he was gone.
Salman, a Ghanaian creative professional and CEO of Brilliance Media GH, stated he called his brother at about 9:00 pm on that Tuesday evening. Sumaila told him the dialysis session had begun.
He called again at approximately 10:20 pm. Sumaila stated he was still undergoing dialysis and would call back later.
The third call, at about 10:45 pm, brought news that would shatter a family.
“I was informed by my friend, who had accompanied Sumaila to the dialysis centre, that there had been a power blackout and that Sumaila was having difficulty breathing,” Salman wrote in a lengthy Facebook post on August 29 that has since gone viral.
According to Salman, he was further informed that the hospital’s standby power plant was not working and that there was reportedly no oxygen available at the renal clinic at the time.
“My brother struggled to breathe during this critical period. Despite his efforts to survive, Sumaila eventually passed away,” Salman recounted.
‘A patient undergoing dialysis is already vulnerable’
The family, still in mourning at their home in Kintampo near Kyeremankuma, is demanding answers. Sumaila’s mother, who described her son as not just a child but a friend, broke down in tears as she recounted how her boy was left to die.
All she wants, the family says, is justice — for her son, and for every other patient who may have suffered a similar fate in silence.
“A patient undergoing dialysis is already in a vulnerable medical condition. Reliable electricity, oxygen and emergency support can be matters of life and death,” Salman said.
