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Cynthia Morrison, Minister of Social Affairs and Gender, Cynthia Morrison, promised to give a living burial to a two and a half year old boy buried alive.
The boy, who was suffering from cerebral palsy, a neurological disorder, had been left for dead after being covered with earth in an unfinished building in Elmina-Bantama, a suburb of Cape Coast, the capital of the central region.
The boy, then barely a year old, was found in a shallow pit and brought back to life by workers working on the unfinished building.
The workers accidentally abducted him, exhumed him from the pit and administered him a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
The doctors said the CPR was timely, as it restored blood circulation and prevented brain damage from prolonged oxygen deficiency.
It's hard to know who buried the toddler when he was still a baby, but city-dwellers believe that his parents may have put him under the ground when they discovered that he was has cerebral palsy.
The boy's parents left the town without a trace, reports Richard Kojo Nyarko, correspondent for Joy News central region.
Since his rescue, the boy lives in the pediatric ward of the Cape Coast University Hospital.
"He's full of smiles when the gender minister and the nurses play with him," says Richard.
Photo: Cynthia Morrison, Minister of Social Protection and Gender,
He is unable to crawl or walk.
The gender minister had the boy's story when she went to the hospital to visit the five-year-old boy whose hand had to be amputated because his mother-in-law had wounded a cutlbad.
The minister revealed that she would talk with Farida Bedwei, a renowned activist for cerebral palsy, and other stakeholders on the best way to support the boy.
Photo: Farida Bedwei, who herself has cerebral palsy, is renowned for her accomplishments in the fields of computer science and philanthropy.
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