C/R:13-Year-Old Girl with Hole-in-Heart Condition Abandoned by Family and Classmates in Ajumako Bisease
A 13-year-old girl awaiting death due to a hole-in-the-heart condition has been rejected and abandoned by family members and classmates in Ajumako Bisease.
She appeals to the public for support to fund her life-saving medication, after the community has also turned her away.
In an interview with Channel 247 News’ Yaw Boagyan, the victim, Florence Acquah who has dropped out of school claims her schoolmates and some family members bewitched her, forcing her to isolate herself from them.
She says her classmates laughed at her condition, leaving her no choice but to quit school.
Florence explains she can’t walk for 30 minutes, sit on a chair, or do anything independently—she must be carried everywhere in the community.
All her former friends, with whom she used to play and chat on the way to school, have rejected her.
“I am now waiting to die because I’ve been rejected by the community.
I pray God takes my life since I have no hope,” she added.
She appeals to the government, Gender Ministry, stakeholders, private individuals, and Ghanaians for funds toward her surgery.
Meanwhile, the girl’s 37-year-old mother, an autism patient living in Ajumako Bisease in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region, along with a caretaker also pleads for public support.
They say the child’s illness and emaciated state have led community members to shun them—no one buys the fruits they sell.
The mother told Channel 247 News they have no money for treatment; they’ve sold all belongings, but it hasn’t helped.
She sells meat pies to feed the family, but buyers avoid her due to her daughter’s condition.
The father has fled the home and is nowhere to be found.
Hospital tests confirm the hole-in-the-heart diagnosis, with doctors demanding over GH¢1.4 billion for surgery.
They appeals to the general public for help.
Story by Yaw Boagyan