Father of St. Rose’s SHS Student Who Died Threatens to Sue School for Negligence
- St. Rose’s Senior High School at Akwatia in the Eastern Region has been accused of negligence leading to a student's death
- A grieving father has threatened to sue the school because of his daughter's passing on June 23, 2025
- The father has also appealed to the Ghana Education Service and the sector minister to get to the bottom of his claims
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A grieving father has threatened to sue the all-girls St. Rose’s Senior High School (SHS) at Akwatia in the Eastern Region, accusing it of causing his daughter's death through negligence.
Mark Kwadjo Gyemerah-Boateng said the school’s senior housemistress and the school authorities denied his 15-year-old daughter, Beatrice Akua Gyamerah-Boateng, the right to seek urgent medical care after she had complained of a serious headache.
Source: UGC
3News reported that the 15-year-old was laid to rest at Akyem Awaham on July 3, 2025.
She died on June 23, 2025, at St Dominic’s Hospital in Akyem Akwatia in the Denkyembour District.
She allegedly stayed in the school four days after first complaining until her health deteriorated and she collapsed before being rushed to the hospital.
Gyamerah-Boateng believes he deserves answers from the school following the tragedy.
“I believe that my daughter died because of their negligence; so, I am going to summon the school’s administration to come and answer. I need to report the case to the police, get the extract and copy all the educational institutes, Ghana Education Service and the educational minister.”
Gyamerah-Boateng also appealed to the Ghana Education Service and the sector minister to get to the bottom of his claims.
When contacted the school via telephone, a teacher, Victoria Abban, who was at the funeral, denied the negligence claims.
Past SHS deaths from alleged negligence
In 2024, the parents of a student at Akim Sweduro Senior High School blamed the management of the school for the death of their son.
The parents accused the school of not allowing their son to leave school for medical attention.
This report came as the police Criminal Investigations Department investigated the death of a 16-year-old student of the Aburi Girls Senior High School.
The student, Stacey Okyere, who had complained of severe stomach pains, passed away last week.
Some reports say the school nurse accused the girl of feigning illness.
Kingsley Okyere, the girl’s father, questioned the inability of the school to take his daughter to a hospital.
Achimota School found liable for student death
In July 2024, Achimota School was found liable for the death of one of its students eight years ago.
Achimota school, a housemaster and the Attorney General, who were defendants in the case, are to pay GH¢400,000 in general damages and GH¢200,000 in damages for negligently causing the death of a student, as well as an extra GH¢10,000 cost to the plaintiffs.
Source: Facebook
The student, 15-year-old Kervin Kofi Moses, died on December 4, 2016, at the 37-Military Hospital after an illness.
He had felt unwell and complained of Malaria, but was not believed by the school despite his worsening condition.
Law student dies at Cape Coast health facility
YEN.com.gh reported that a 19-year-old second-year law student at the University of Ghana died in Cape Coast after suspected medical negligence.
The mother of the deceased said she had taken her asthmatic son to the Ewim Polyclinic to be treated for an asthma attack.
She alleged that the medical staff administered an injection instead of the expected nebuliser treatment.
Source: YEN.com.gh
