What was the point of this deportation? Nature did was going to do the job anyway.

The INS managed to spend £10,000. on this deportation and managed to save the NHS far less. In summary: Inhumane and ultimately pointless.

James Barton, London, UK

My 3 year old nephew who was indigenous to England was left to die because of lack of resources in the NHS. An 80 year old neighbour was left to go blind because of lack of resources in the NHS. Meanwhile his neighbour, a Macedonian who emigrated here four years ago with his wife and children received a sex change operation on the NHS. We do not even look after our children and elderly - why should we abandon them for the sake of foreign nationals. We cannot afford financially, socially or morally to look after the rest of the World when our own families are suffering so greatly.

J Leigh, Bromley, UK

It is a very sad story, and I cannot begin to imagine how Ama Sumani's family feel. But there seems to be something quite important being overlooked here.

Ghana is one of the richest countries in West Africa (if not in the whole of Africa). Why did they not subsidise this lady's treatment. I am sure if the will was there, the drugs needed would have been found. The Ghanaian government has remained silent on this issue, but then no one has actually quizzed them on their lack of effort here ! Once again blame is turned towards 'the west.' Ridiculous.

Gareth, UK,

"TO EVERY RULE THERE IS AN EXCEPTION".This should have been an exception. I'm not going to cry about Africa being robbed off its riches by the Europeans centuries ago.It's about time we forgot those times and help each other as humans. And when we act like humans, we will be able to let some things "slide" in order to help each other. I'm sure if the situation was vice-versa,the......

Micky, Accra, Ghana

Well done Home Office, you've proven you are "tough on immigration", I'm sure the Daily Mail/Express will be congratulating you for it tomorrow.

If this kind of inflexible brutality is what the UK Government considers to be "British values" or the "Britishness" that they constantly harp on about then they can stuff it.

To David of Stourbridge who says "We have prisons full of foreign criminals" maybe you should consider this:

If we did not JAIL asylum-seekers (that is, REFUGEES) simply for having the audacity of coming here to escape persecution, maybe we would have space in prison for actual criminals whether British or otherwise. In the UK we have whole prisons (euphemistically called immigration detention centres) full of people whose only crime was to come here requesting asylum from tyranny.

Carl, Portsmouth , UK

This is a disgrace, she should never of started to receive treatment !

Jamie, Maidstone, England

NHS stands for 'National' Health Service, it is not the 'World' health service. As one of the people who currently pays for this service I find that I then have to pay further whenever I use the system - prescriptions, dentistry, optician etc! -while those who have never contributed continue to pay nothing.

Would any of the bleeding heart brigade pay to join an exclusive club and then be happy for all & sundry to walk in free of charge?

John Mills, Raunds, UK

The fact is this poor lady was already being treated!! She was already undergoing the treatment that was keeping her alive. She was then deported to her death. Regardless of whether or not she should have been in the country in the first place she was receiving essential treatment. She was then deported to a country where she had no realistic chance of obtaining this treatment. If anybody thinks this is anything other than barbaric then they need a rapid and sustained dose of humanity!

Bruce from Florence -- where do you think the wealth our country has accrued came from? Hardworking Brits? Give over. It was from centuries of Empire that deprived other countries of their own sovereign wealth. In case you were wondering that would include Africa. So yes we do owe something to these countries/people. The way that money is administrated should change but not the fact that it is OWED!

Ben, Swansea,

We have prisons full of foreign criminals who should be deported immediately and a country full of illegal immigrants that should be rounded up and deported.
We cannot support eveyone that arrives claiming asylum and I see no reason why we should, but we appear to be deporting the law-abiding and sick and keeping the dross.

David Thijm, Stourbridge, UK

Well done the Home Office. I become more and more ashamed of you and other similar British institutions everyday
What was really the criteria for deporting the very poorly Ms Sumani

Rodney Barker, Lincolnshire, UK

It is not the job of the British Government, and the British taxpayer, to pay the costs of health care for the rest of the world.

David Evans, Rotherham, England

I have little doubt that there will be those who will applaud the government's introduction of the death penalty for illegal migrants. The fact that Alun Michael MP believes that this issue is more about health care provision in Ghana than about the observation that deporting the terminally ill is unexceptional says so much more about this government's lack of humanity than any platitudes the Home Office will offer up about this being "upsetting" or "tragic". Alun Michael should be ashamed of trying to defend the morally repellent actions of the government.

John, Bristol, UK

So Eric,
After the billions of aid over the decades that the free world has showered on Africa just to line the pockets of the corrupt leaders you think that any poor sick soul should be 'taken care of' by the taxpayers of Britain or the US? It would be nice if we were that rich but shouldn't we take care of our own first? Real life is sad.

Bruce, Florence , Italy

What a tragic end to a sickening case. What more evidence does the Home Office need in order to be convinced that health care in developing countries is far below British standards? Well, maybe they realize it now, but it's too late. Ama Sumani is dead. Two months was all it took to kill her--although two months is a long time for someone who is suffering. Ama was literally cast out to die. Meanwhile, Ghana's brightest medical practitioners are on an exodus to Britain, which owes Ghana something in return.

This is just one of many recent Home Office deportation cases that shocks the conscience. Failed asylum seekers are being threatened with deportation to such places as Iraq, Zimbabwe, Congo, Iran and even Darfur. A Nigerian boy with sickle cell disease is also at risk. Some of these deportations have been put on hold only after intense public pressure.

I can say this: Great Britain would be among the world leaders on human rights, if not for the Home Office.

Eric, Takoma Park, Maryland, USA