"There's No Evidence of Physical Assault on Ridge Hospital Nurse": Health Ministry PRO
- Tony Goodman from the Ministry of Health has said that the investigative committee found no evidence of physical assault at Ridge Hospital
- He said footage reviewed by the committee showed only verbal exchanges between activist Ralph St Williams and the nurse involved
- He added that the incident was caused by a misunderstanding of emergency protocols by Ralph and his team
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The Ministry of Health spokesperson and member of the committee investigating the alleged assault at Ridge Hospital, Tony Goodman, has clarified that the probe found no evidence to support Rejoice Tsotso Bortei's claims of physical assault.
According to him, the investigation concluded that Bortei, a rotation nurse at the facility, was not physically assaulted, based on footage reviewed by the investigative committee.
Source: Facebook
Speaking to Channel One TV on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, Mr Goodman said the committee, however, found that there was a verbal assault on the nurse.
"From the footage we looked at and then the report of the various persons who were at the post on that day, we did not find any indication of assault. It depends on what you are calling assault. We don't want to go into the ingredients, but we can say that we didn't see any attack on any person, physically, but what we saw was a verbal attack by persons who were at the place on that day," he said.
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The Ridge Hospital incident
On Sunday, August 17, 2025, a viral video emerged where outspoken activist Ralph St Williams was captured in a heated confrontation with nurses at the emergency unit of Ridge Hospital.
Ralph was seen angrily confronting nurses at the facility after they failed to promptly attend to a critically ill patient he had brought for emergency treatment. He further accused them of neglecting the patient.
This incident, according to the management of the hospital, resulted in Rejoice Tsotso Bortei being physically assaulted by Ralph and his team.
On Monday, August 18, 2025, during a visit by the leadership of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwifery Association, Ms Tsotso claimed she had dislocated her shoulder and lost her mobile phone as a result of the physical assault she suffered.
Following this, the Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, set up the Ridge Hospital Assault Investigative Committee to probe the incident and make recommendations.
On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, the Ridge Assault Investigative Committee submitted its findings.
The report stated there was no medical evidence supporting the nurse's claim of serious injuries following the altercation with Ralph St Williams.
It also noted that no video footage was presented to confirm that a physical assault took place.
Ridge Hospital incident caused by misunderstanding
According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, the incident at Ridge Hospital, officially known as the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, was caused by a clear lack of understanding of emergency protocols by Ralph St Williams and his team.
"They were not happy with some alleged delay because they did not actually understand what was happening. After stabilising this patient, there was a need to continue care, which means that an ambulance would have to come and then transport the person to anywhere where they can get diagnostics done and return the person," he stated.
"At this point, they thought that the person had been abandoned, then they started the agitation, but during our work, we realised that it was just the understanding of the process that did not go well and actually resulted in what we saw," he added.
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Ralph St Williams speaks on Ridge report
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that following the committee’s findings, Ralph St Williams took to Facebook to share his thoughts.
He posted a video showing a previous confrontation he had with a Ridge Hospital worker.
Ralph stated that since it had been confirmed that no assault occurred, the young man who was arrested and remanded in connection with the incident had been proven innocent and should be released.
Proofreading by Samuel Gitonga, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.
Source: YEN.com.gh
