By By: The People News Online
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
The Management of Redemption Hospital wishes to provide clarification regarding the incident that occurred on the hospital premises on the evening of May 26, 2026.
“According to reports from staff members on duty, the first female patient was assessed by the attending doctor and confirmed Dead Before Arrival (DBA).
Shortly thereafter, a second patient was brought to the hospital premises and was likewise confirmed Dead Before Arrival.”
“During the incident, a large crowd gathered around the hospital entrance, creating a tense and difficult environment for healthcare workers, security personnel, and mortuary staff as they attempted to safely manage the situation.
Despite these challenges, hospital personnel remained on duty and continued handling the matter in a professional and responsible manner.”
“Redemption Hospital remains committed to providing compassionate and quality healthcare services to the Liberian people and continues to serve all patients brought to the facility, including vulnerable and abandoned individuals requiring care.
We encourage the public to rely on verified information and allow the appropriate processes to take place respectfully.”
Issued by:
Management
Redemption Hospital
Now read what families saw at that same gate.
New Kru Town, Monrovia — Redemption Hospital wrote a clean statement. But two women died dirty, right at its gate, while staff took their names and walked inside.
Tuesday, May 26, 2026, around 8 p.m. Tenneh Nagbe, a new mother in her 30s, came with her week-old baby boy. She was talking when she arrived in a kekeh. Minutes later, another older woman came. Neither entered the hospital. Both were later pronounced dead by Redemption staff in PPE.
The hospital says both were “Dead Before Arrival.” The families say both were dead because Redemption refused to act.
Manssia Wass, Tenneh’s sister-in-law, was there:
“This was the first time since I lost my mom as a child. My sister-in-law died on my lap while I was crying on these people. I thought they were going to host us and treat her first while we look around for the money, but no way.”
Wass said a staff member collected their details at the gate and went back inside. No doctor came out. No nurse came out. No emergency care came out. “No one returned to admit them despite repeated pleas.”
She said the same delay killed the second woman: “In the midst of tears, another older lady was similarly brought, desperately seeking treatment. She got rejected in a similar manner, leaving her to pass out near my brother’s wife.” Then a worker came out and “pronounced both women dead.”
Wass is clear on why: “If we had money, my aunt wouldn’t have died. They would have accepted us and treated her. But they noticed that we never had the first five dollars to pay, that’s why.”
Redemption claims staff acted “in a professional and responsible manner.” Professional hospitals don’t let people die while filling forms at the gate. Responsible hospitals treat first, talk money later. That’s the law. That’s basic human decency.
This US$420,000 government hospital is supposed to be free. Patients say it’s not. Sarah Koffa had surgery there two weeks ago:
“That is how Redemption treats you if you don’t have money. Every time I go for dressing, I’m asked to pay L$450… we are charged L$500 for the night you stay. If you have the money, you will be attended to, but besides that, leave it.”
Thomas N. Tarpeh Sr. said what everyone in New Kru Town knows: “Nurses will be in that place when patients arrive… Nobody will come out… That’s why you took an oath to protect life. Always on their phones in that area when you go there. The next thing they tell you is we don’t have beds.”
So which story is true?
Redemption says “Dead Before Arrival.”
Witnesses say “Dead While Waiting.”
If they were dead before arrival, why collect their names at the gate? If they were alive, why did your “professional” staff watch them die outside?
Redemption asks the public to “rely on verified information.” Here’s what’s verified: Two women walked to your gate alive. Two bodies left. One baby is now motherless. One family lost a sister and a daughter.
Until you release gate camera footage, triage logs, and the doctor’s notes that declared “DBA,” your statement is just words on paper. For US$420,000 a year, Liberians expect more than paper. They expect their gate to be a place of healing, not a morgue.
