The midwife (on the bike), on Monday, June 16, 2025, successfully delivered a baby on a farm
Correspondence from the Eastern Region
Helen Dzameshie, the celebrated midwife at the Sekesua Health Center in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern Region, has been handsomely rewarded following her heroic and exemplary act of commitment and dedication to her work and humanity.
The midwife, on Monday, June 16, 2025, successfully delivered a baby on a farm after the pregnant woman went into labour while walking to the clinic.
The woman and her mother-in-law were travelling along a bush path near Osonson Sekesua, a farming community when labour began. With no vehicle available, they had to deliver the baby on the farm.
Helen, along with her assistant, rushed to the scene with necessary medical supplies and safely delivered the baby after which mother and child were taken to the health centre for further care.
In response to her dedication, the Krobo Support Group, made of individuals committed to the welfare of Krobo development, in a brief ceremony at Sekesua, donated a motorcycle and cash of GH¢1,000 to Helen to enhance her healthcare delivery in the rural community.
The motorcycles will be used to strengthen her outreach, especially towards ensuring emergency response.
James Annor Tetteh, a member of the donors, in an interview, explained that Helen’s exemplary act motivated them to extend a hand of support to ease her work.
“We all saw what madam Helen Dzameshie did by helping the woman deliver on the farm… we actually enquired if she has something like a motorbike or something to facilitate her movements and we realized she doesn’t have anything of that sort,” he said, adding that the donation of the bike is expected to make her work easier.
He called on other nurses and professionals to emulate Helen’s dedication and attach more commitment to their work.
Recounting the incident on that fateful day, Helen, who was then on her annual leave, said she rushed to the location after a good Samaritan called to inform her of the woman’s predicament.
“I rushed to the facility and picked up the delivery instruments… When I got there, I saw the woman sitting with her hands on the floor and then I helped and then the baby was almost out on the ground so I had to give her an injection, clamp and cut the cord, deliver the placenta there, make sure bleeding had been controlled,” she said.
Sharing her surprise at the public twist her deed received, she said, “I was surprised, I didn’t know the news would go that viral and I saw how people were praising me and saying I’ve done a very good job [and this] is motivating me to even do more.”
She narrated several instances where she was called at odd hours to attend to pregnant women in critical situations, adding that the incident wasn’t her first.
Asked about the precautions pregnant women must adopt to avoid situations where they’re caught in labour unexpectedly, she urged them to pay special attention to the ‘true signs of labour’ which they’re taught during ante-natal sessions.
She was overwhelmed by the gesture, adding that the bike would facilitate her movements across the community to attend to urgent cases.
Advising young nurses to remain dedicated and committed to their job, she said, “Nursing is a calling so wherever you find yourself, you should put in your best.”
Describing Helen Dzameshie’s work record at the facility and community as wonderful, Tetteh Nathaniel Lartey, a resident physician assistant at the facility, said the news did not come to them as a surprise, owing to her dedication to work.
He expressed the facility’s appreciation to the benefactors for their kind gesture, observing that it’ll motivate other staff to dedicate their commitment to their profession.
“This is a source of encouragement to all the staff [that] even though we’re in a deprived area, amidst the difficulties, at least some eyes somewhere are seeing the good works we’re also contributing to the health system,” he said.
Another member of the group, Omanba Kwadwo Boafo called on various stakeholders and philanthropists to come on board and give the facility a general facelift and address the logistical challenges confronting the Sekesua Heath Center.
