The 2013 Ghana Nurses and Midwife Trainees Association – Students’ Representative Council’s (GNMTA-SCR) annual week celebrations of the Bolgatanga Nurses’ Training College was last Friday disrupted, when a first year student of the college got drowned at the Blue Sky Hotel swimming pool at Kumbosco, near Bolgatanga, during a pool party.
Some colleagues of the deceased, Enoch Yeboah, who were with him when the incident occurred, said they suspected a bottle of Guinness he took might have led to his drowning in the swimming pool. His body was deposited at the Regional Hospital Mortuary in Bolgatanga.
The expectations of the celebrants, who hoped to have used the event to raise funds during the climax at the weekend, through their much-awaited Beauty Pageant and Live Music Concert, were cut short.
The SRC of the college had intended to raise money during the two events to construct a toilet for the students.
Musah Mac-Moomin, Principal of the College confirming the death of Enoch, said the management of the College received the news with shock, because they had warned the celebrants to go about all outdoor activities with optimum caution, so as to stay away from trouble during the week-long programme.
Though regrettable, the Principal said the death of the student was an eye-opener for both management and the student body, as they would take into consideration some restrictions and precautionary measures to avert a repetition of such an incident whenever out-door events are to be organized by the school.
