Source: Ghana/Myjoyonline.com
A 16-year-old boy has sustained
severe acid burns after a tenant poured a corrosive substance on him over a
misunderstanding with his dad.
According to Andy, he had tried to
stop the tenant from attacking his [Andy’s] father when the substance which was
contained in a bucket was poured on him and four others in his family on
February 15, 2016.
Background
Andy says the tenant, Suleyman
Yuguda signed a two-year agreement with his father but allegedly forged the
tenancy documents to extend his stay in the house, at Kwashieman, a suburb
of Accra to four years.
But with the original documents,
Andy said the family reported the incident officers at the Hong Kong Police
post.
“A day before the case went to
court; he picked a fight with my father around 10:00pm on that day. At some
point, he went into his room and brought a bucket full of the substance.”
“I did not know he had acid in the
bucket, he poured it on me and did same to my father, my siblings and one other
tenant. I realized that my dress and my skin were burning” he narrated to Joy
News’ Beatrice Adu.
His father, two other relatives and
another tenant suffered acid burns but Andy’s was severe as he suffered
burns on his arms, chest, stomach, and legs.
Treatement
His father, his elder brother, his
younger sister and the other tenant have been treated and discharged but Andy
has since been on admission at the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital.
A nurse in charge of the Burns Unit
at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Doris Adjei Ntakor, revealed that
all three layers of Andy’s skin layers have been affected.
She said some part of the wounds
have been infected with maggots as he is unable to afford the cost involved in
changing the bandages three times a week.
Joy News Beatrice Adu reported that
nurses advised that she put on a nose mask to be able to enter his ward as
the place stunk badly.
“He changes it twice every week and
that costs ¢500 and he has to be here for at least three weeks,” the nurse
indicated, adding that Andy’s situation requires a surgery.
The surgery (grafting) according to
her will cost at least ¢3,000.00.
But Andy’s family say they don’t
know how long they can continue to pay the huge medical bills as he battles to
overcome his extensive injuries.
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