22-year-old nursing mother is in the grip of the police in Abura Dunkwa for allegedly inflicting a machete wound on her five-year-old stepson and refusing to seek medical attention for him, leading to the festering of the wound and decay of the hand.
The victim lives with his father, a palm wine tapper, and his
stepmother, Efua Abaduwa, a farmer, in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese
District in the Central Region.
According to the District
Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Mrs
Ellen Osei, early this year, the victim accompanied Abaduwa to farm and
while she was in the process of harvesting cassava, the machete being
used fell and landed on the boy’s left hand.
However, instead of
seeking medical attention for him, Abaduwa resorted to applying herbal
concoctions to the wound until the situation deteriorated, Mrs Osei
said.
The director said because of the unpleasant odour from the
gangrenous wound, the victim was not allowed to sleep in his parent’s
room at night.
“Besides, the victim was forced by his stepmother to accompany her to the farm with the wounds on the hand, Mrs Osei said.
Some
Good Samaritans who saw the victim with his stepmother on their way to
the farm last Monday rescued him and sent him to the Social Welfare
office at Abura Dunkwa and a complaint lodged consequently with the
police for Baduwa’s arrest.
Amputation
Medical
experts at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, where the victim has been
admitted, say the victim’s hand could only be amputated to save his
life.
The police have also extended an invitation to the boy’s
father, Kojo Mensah, who has been unavailable for some time because of
the nature of his work. He is also expected to give his consent for the
amputation to take place.
Meanwhile, the Central Regional Police
Public Relations Officer (PRO), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)
Mrs Irene Oppong, has confirmed the arrest of the suspect to assist in
investigations.
Child Rights International reacts
When
contacted, the Executive Director of Child Rights International, Mr
Bright Appiah, said the Department of Social Welfare and the Domestic
Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service
should quickly move to provide the needed support for the boy, reports
Juliet Safo from Accra.
He said the mother must also be put before the appropriate platform to answer to the difficulty she had taken the child through.
“Immediate attention must be put in place to ensure that the boy gets the needed health care and support,” he added.
Mr
Appiah said although it was not always the case to prosecute parents of
such children, the authorities must examine the situation and caution
them to commit to taking good care of the boy.
In cases where the parent failed to do that, then the state could come in to do what was necessary, he added.
The
law also obligated parents to ensure that their children received
proper healthcare, thus “the mother was under the obligation to send the
boy to the hospital”, Mr Appiah explained.
“The best interest of the child must always be prioritised.
The state should, therefore, consider alternative services if the mother is found not fit to take care of the child,” he said.
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