The young man has been in pain after the medical procedure
A young man has shared his harrowing experience after what was supposed to be a routine medical procedure at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana, left him unable to walk and in constant pain.
According to him, the entire ordeal began when a young doctor at the facility asked him to remove his shorts in order to draw blood. Trusting the doctor, he complied. However, after the blood was taken for the second time, he began to feel unusual pain in his leg.
“I started feeling sharp pain in my right leg. By the time I was discharged, I could barely walk. When I got home, I couldn’t even stand on my right leg. The pain was unbearable,” he recounted in a video shared on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Worried, his family tried reaching out to the doctor who had attended to him. To their shock, the doctor not only refused to take responsibility but also responded rudely.
“Whenever we call him, he insults us. Eventually, he told us he was only doing his attachment at KATH and had since left. He said the doctors at the hospital would continue taking care of me,” the young man revealed.
His condition worsened, prompting his mother to rush him back to the hospital. After further examination and an X-ray, doctors discovered that the bone in his hip had been affected, potentially during the procedure.
“The doctors said the bone in my hip is damaged. They explained that I will need a hip bone replacement surgery. But the surgery is very expensive and my family does not have the money. For now, they’ve given me painkillers, but the pain is still there and I can’t do anything for myself.”
The young man and his family are now calling for accountability, support, and assistance to enable him to get the life-saving surgery he needs.
“I just want to be able to walk again. I want to work and live my life. But right now, I’m stuck and in pain,” he said, his voice full of despair.
Sad 😢 The internship doctors at Komfo Anokye Hospital made me paralyzed. A Kumawood crew member cry out pic.twitter.com/AjSg4nYxtI
— Jasper Ziggle 🥷🇬🇭 🇺🇸 (@JasperZiggle) June 23, 2025
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