Children with cleft not under curse

Ghanaians have been asked to overcome the misconceptions and myths they tend to associate with children born with cleft conditions.

Mr. James Kuuya Belbaar, a Physician Assistant at the Dormaa Presbyterian Hospital, said it was wrong for anybody to label such children as evil.

Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Municipality, he said the discrimination and stigmatization of those with that health condition must stop.

He asked that they were treated equally like any other normal child – their fundamental rights must be protected.

He indicated that the deformity could be corrected, adding that, they might have developed such conditions through no fault of theirs.

Mr. Belbaar said the treatment of cleft was free, and urged parents having such children to take them to the hospital for treatment, so that they could be fully integrated into the society.