There are serious concerns among Prison Officials and Inmates of the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons over the health of former deputy Minister for Finance Victor Selormey
Victor Selormey is currently serving an eight year prison terms for causing the state a loss of about $1.2 million in the blotched court computerisation project
According to the Daily Guide Newspaper, Selormey’s heart condition is deteriorating rapidly and if he is not placed under special medical care soon the situation may become too late to rescue.
The Daily Guide, which stated that it learnt of these developments when it paid a visit to the Nsawam Prisons last week, added that since the former deputy minister was sent to the Jail, his condition has not been too good.
According to prison officers, his condition of health is deteriorating as each day passes by and he spends most of his time in the sick bay of the prisons.
The Daily Guide was further informed by close sources that Selormey also most died on New Year’s Day from conditions related to his heart condition but he was immediately resuscitated by the Prisons Medical team.
The report was corroborated by Mallam Yusuf Isa, jailed former Minister for Youth and Sports when the Daily Guide spoke to him after visiting the prisons to find out how he had been getting on with Selormey, who is his high profile inmate at the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons.
Mallam Isa said he and Selormey have very cordial relations as they very often meet to discuss various issues. He confirmed that Selormey’s health problems is getting worse as each day passes and that the sooner something is done about it, the better it will be for him.
Mallam Isa who was looking quite leaner than when he was jailed, disclosed that Selormey frequently complains about pains in his heart and chest area, coughs frequently and is always coiled in a corner of the prisons compound.
However the Director General of Prisons, Richard Kuuire dismissed speculations that the health of Victor Selormey has deteriorated in prison.
He reaffirmed that the former deputy finance Minister is being treated as any ordinary prisoner in keeping with the prisons regulations and that they have also been giving him all the necessary assistance to the satisfaction of his own lawyers.
He added that the Prisons act as prompt couriers of Selormey’s medications from the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Hospital’s medical specialist, who is in charge of Selormey’s health needs.
Source: GhanaWeb
