I finally found out what happened with that boat accident on Volta Lake, sort of. On the news tonight (before the power cut out for an hour and a half for no apparent reason!), they gave the details that were available. Apparently, on April 8(!), a boat carrying at least 75 people got caught in a storm and was blown off course and then hit a tree stump. Because Volta Lake is artificial, huge parts of it are basically submerged forest, so there are hundreds of stumps sticking out. Anyways, 64 people were rescued and at least 10 bodies were pulled out. I also saw in the paper today that the owner of the boat had been arrested. It’s a pretty safe bet that the boat was overloaded. So it’s a far cry from 120 dead, but a tragedy nonetheless.
Dr. Addae is stuck in Accra. He’s part of a committee at the Ministry of Health that is creating a new health policy for Ghana and while he had been planning on coming back on Monday, work has conspired against him so he’s still there which is frustrating, but what can you do? Keep plugging away at the accreditation forms, that’s what.
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