Information gathered indicates that illegal mining known as galamsey is having a devastating effect on inhabitants of the Aowin District of the Western North Region of Ghana.
According to a report from a midwife , disturbing figures from the Sewum Health Centre in the District show a high number of babies being born without some vital body parts as a result of the wicked activities of ‘galamseyers’.
This is because pregnant women in the District drink water “contaminated with chemicals” used by the galamseyers in mining.
Gifty Adwoa Adjanor, a midwife at the Sewum Health Centre told the Accra-based outlet that as the one in charge at the facility, she had recorded cases of newborn babies without nose, eyes, ears, among others.
She attributed the worrying trend to the “highly polluted river” in the district, Due to the chemicals being used by illegal miners who are mining along river bodies in Aowin District of the Western North Region of Ghana 🇬🇭.
