Rawlings visits 8-year-old double-amputee

Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Saturday, 11 August 2018 visited eight-year-old Peter Mensah who had both legs amputated in 2017 after a vehicle ran over him while on his way home from school.

Peter, who had multiple surgeries, including the amputation, graft and plastic surgery, responded positively to treatment and has since been discharged from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital where he was treated for months.

The former president first visited Peter Mensah at the Komfo Anokye Hospital in November last year after witnessing the video of Peter being lifted into a taxi with his limbs hanging off his body.

Mensah’s grandmother informed Mr Rawlings that plans were afoot to give prosthetic limbs to the little boy so he could walk again.

Peter currently moves around in a wheelchair.

Mr Rawlings also visited Peter Anaafi Mensah, a former Ashanti Regional Minister who is on admission at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with serious injuries after a vehicle parked at his residence, released its brakes and knocked him down, trapping him for a considerable period before he was rescued.

The former Minister expressed his gratitude to the former president and his delegation and stated that he was responding positively to treatment.