[ 2017-02-02 ]

Yaw became paralysed after he fell while brushing his teeth one morning

Not mad! The sad story of once industrious, now paralysed Yaw Boakye
Forty-eight-year-old Yaw Boakye has been consigned
to one place for eight months in the open without
succor. He became paralysed after he slipped and
fell one morning while brushing his teeth at Tema
station in Accra, where he used to ply his trade.
He has not had a proper bath for months.

Family and friends have deserted him so he has no
one to help him get shelter when it rains and gets
scorched by the sun daily. Not only is Yaw Boakye
unable to walk or stand, but his speech is also
impaired due to the paralysis.

In a conversation with TV3’s Odilia Agyeman
Prempeh, he emphasised that life has been very
difficult.

He now sleeps outside the walls of the Tema
station on a pavement under the mercy of the
weather. He is shunned by many because of his
appearance as some mistake him for a mentally
deranged person.

Before the unfortunate incident, Yaw formerly sold
watches at the station where he earned income for
a decent living. He recounts his days when he
journeyed to Swedru in the Central region to do
business.

His neighbours confirmed Yaw is such an affable
person. He now survived on the benevolence of
sympathisers who sometimes drop him something for
food. When the TV3 team visited him as at 1:00pm,
he had not had even breakfast.

Yaw Boakye wants support to enable him live a
normal life again.

Source - 3news.com

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