Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia with Priscilla, whom he sponsored for leg surgery in Italy
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, could not hide his joy when a four-year-old cured leper he sponsored to Italy for treatment, Priscilla, visited him at his home on Christmas Day, December 25, 2024.
In a post shared on X on Thursday, December 26, 2024, the vice president described the visit of Priscilla, whom he met at the Weija Leprosarium, as the best Christmas gift he had received.
Dr. Bawumia expressed his gratitude to God for the successful surgery Priscilla underwent, which has made it possible for her to walk again.
“I got my best Christmas gift yesterday when Priscilla, a four-year-old cured leper from the Weija Leprosarium whom I sponsored for medical treatment of her amputated leg in Italy, returned to Ghana and paid me a visit at home to thank me and show that she can now walk with her new leg. To God be the glory,” he wrote.
The post had a video of Priscilla’s visit to the home of the vice president at the airport area in Accra, accompanied by Rev Father Andrew Campbell, the caretaker of the Weija Leprosarium, and other officials of the leprosarium.
The video showed the moment Bawumia, who was extremely excited and beaming with smiles, embraced Priscilla as she walked into his living room.
The little girl was also very excited and could be seen wearing a broad smile on her face.
She was at one point asked where she was going, and she replied, “I’m walking for Dr Bawumia,” in the Twi dialect, to the amazement of the vice president and all the other people present.
Young Priscilla, who was abandoned by her parents at birth due to her condition, has been under the care of Father Andrew Campbell at the Weija Leprosarium, and she had her leg eventually amputated in Ghana following many unsuccessful attempts to treat her legs, which had been affected.
Vice President Bawumia, who is a Patron of Lepers Aid Ghana, and a frequent visitor to the Weija Leprosarium, met young Priscilla and decided to assist her by funding her trip and medical costs in Italy for a special procedure to first treat her amputated leg and also fix a special prosthetic for her.
After a five-month stay in Italy for the procedure and recovery at one of the best facilities in the world for such procedures, little Priscilla is finally back in Ghana and walking again.
See the vice president’s post and the video below:
I got my best Christmas gift yesterday when Priscilla, a four year old cured leper from the Weija leprosarium whom I sponsored for medical treatment of her amputated leg in Italy returned to Ghana and paid me a visit at home to thank me and show that she can now walk with her new… pic.twitter.com/iF2T6XhHAM
— Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia (@MBawumia) December 26, 2024
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