I've read opinions on may fora that imply that the secrecy surrounding
the exact state of health of President Mills and inordinate efforts by
him and others to prove his good health somehow led to his death. I
don't know whether it's right and proper that the governed should know
the exact state of health of the governor, especially if opinions vary
on the extent to which the alleged ill health impacts his ability to
deliver. Perhaps we should know, perhaps it's none of our business; I don't know.
However, I think we should be told the cause of death. It should be disclosed in some official capacity. Not in any gory detail but an assurance that he died of natural causes is good. Which leads me to the current assumption of death by many Ghanaians: that he died of cancer. The original Reuters report gave the cause of death as a heart attack.
I'm more inclined to believe the latter, considering known information. The president returned from a medical visit to the USA less than 2 weeks ago. He was well enough to jump, or attempt to, and walked without aid. He was shown on TV when he hosted journalists for his birthday last Saturday, 3 days before his death and he seemed no worse off than we knew him to be. Parliament is said to have been notified of an impending trip to Nigeria in the morning, yesterday. I heard a rumour that the President complained of some discomfort on Monday evening, felt fine on Tuesday morning and then was suddenly taken ill later.
I've been unfortunate to witness 2 deaths from cancer. I'm not a doctor and I don't claim any relevant expertise but I've never heard of any sudden deaths from cancer. It usually puts the patient down for a while, in truly awful pain such that usually the end comes as a relief to both patient and observers. I stand corrected but I don't think President Mills could have been walking about under his own steam he was suffering from terminal-stage cancer.
So what killed President Mills? I think that it would be good for Ghanaians to know if only as a matter of procedure.
However, I think we should be told the cause of death. It should be disclosed in some official capacity. Not in any gory detail but an assurance that he died of natural causes is good. Which leads me to the current assumption of death by many Ghanaians: that he died of cancer. The original Reuters report gave the cause of death as a heart attack.
I'm more inclined to believe the latter, considering known information. The president returned from a medical visit to the USA less than 2 weeks ago. He was well enough to jump, or attempt to, and walked without aid. He was shown on TV when he hosted journalists for his birthday last Saturday, 3 days before his death and he seemed no worse off than we knew him to be. Parliament is said to have been notified of an impending trip to Nigeria in the morning, yesterday. I heard a rumour that the President complained of some discomfort on Monday evening, felt fine on Tuesday morning and then was suddenly taken ill later.
I've been unfortunate to witness 2 deaths from cancer. I'm not a doctor and I don't claim any relevant expertise but I've never heard of any sudden deaths from cancer. It usually puts the patient down for a while, in truly awful pain such that usually the end comes as a relief to both patient and observers. I stand corrected but I don't think President Mills could have been walking about under his own steam he was suffering from terminal-stage cancer.
So what killed President Mills? I think that it would be good for Ghanaians to know if only as a matter of procedure.
