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News reaching the Human Rights Reporters indicates that a Mentally Handicapped Woman has given birth to twins.
This human interest story happened in Obuasi in Ghana. Per information available to us, it is not clear who was actually responsible for the pregnancy, but it is common knowledge in the vicinity that someone might have forcibly engaged her in the act leading to the pregnancy.
Members of the community woke up one day to realize that she was pregnant. The miracle behind this story is that the Mentally Handicapped Woman never had access to antenatal care while pregnant, and what she fed on was not food that will often be described as healthy.
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After nine months of pregnancy, she entered into labour, but there was no one available to help her. A distress call was made to community heads. Social welfare officers in the Obuasi area were contacted to help, but all efforts yielded no results.
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While she was in labour and uncomfortable, those leaving around continued to think through what to do to help as there was no help coming from Social Welfare.
Suddenly, a young nurse passing by decided to help the woman in labour.
Some hairdressers at work in the vicinity where the incident was taking place in Obuasi also decided to support the nurse to provide this important health care at that critical moment.
The Mentally Handicapped Woman was given a bath, and a man who was also passing by decided to help transport the woman in labour to the nearest hospital in his car.
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The good news that warmed the hearts after all that had transpired was that, she gave birth to twins and that the mother and babies were doing very well.
Human Rights Reporters will follow up on this story for more details. Our cherished readers should look forward to more updates on this happy-ending human-centered story.
It is, however, expected that due to the mental health of the mother, the babies will be taken over by the government through Social Welfare while the mother is also sent to the nearest psychiatric hospital for medical attention.
Watch out for the latest update soon.
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