How Doctors Gave KODA Wrong Medication For 8 Months
After the death of KODA, a throwback video has emerged, revealing that he was mistakenly prescribed the wrong medication by an unidentified doctor at a hospital in Takoradi.
This video has raised suspicions that the incorrect drugs he consumed for eight months may have played a role in the development of his kidney disease, ultimately leading to his demise at the age of 45 on Sunday.
According to KODA, the medication altered his body’s chemistry, resulting in the onset of funny symptoms. This prompted him to search for the medicine’s name on the internet out of curiosity.
Unfortunately, his worst fears were confirmed when he discovered that the medication he had been given was unsuitable for his condition. To his dismay, he got to know the medicine contained Sulphur, a substance he was advised to avoid due to his G6PD (Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase) deficiency.
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency is a genetic disorder that affects red blood cells, which carry oxygen from the lungs to tissues throughout the body. In affected individuals, a defect in an enzyme called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase causes red blood cells to break down prematurely.
People with the condition aren’t supposed to take certain kinds of medication including Sulphur so taking the said medication meant his life was at risk of health complications.
He said, “I get a little emotional when I talk about this thing. We scheduled a checkup with the doctor and I told the doctor that, ‘but why am I being given medication that contains sulphur? If I’m G6PD? Because you know that we are not supposed to be taking these things and you guys are aware.
“To cut a long story short, all they said was, ‘oh, sorry and then they started being a bit defensive. I don’t know, I don’t remember exactly who, but somebody who was part of the medical team that was taking care of me said, ‘but you have also being to school, can’t you talk when a wrong medication is given to you?’
“And all of a sudden, it was like some blame shifting was coming into the thing that, hey, I am old enough to know when I’m being given wrong medication. So this was my resolve since that day. I will not disrespect nurses or disrespect pharmacists. I will not disrespect doctors, but I can’t take your word for it anymore.
“When I’m given something, I want to Google it myself. I want to find out. When I come and sit in front of you, I will not be quiet. I will talk. I will tell you that, hey, my guy, I’m G6PD. I pray you are not giving me anything that will harm me or I’m not supposed to be on.
“And it will sound like, yes, you are being all over the place. You are being too known as we used to say in my primary school, but it will save me from being a guinea pig,” he said in the video.
