{"id":3123,"date":"2019-03-20T14:51:08","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T14:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2019-03-22T15:15:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T15:15:42","slug":"a-boys-wish-fulfilled-as-9-yr-old-jeremiah-arthur-walks-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/a-boys-wish-fulfilled-as-9-yr-old-jeremiah-arthur-walks-again\/","title":{"rendered":"A boy\u2019s wish fulfilled as 9-yr-old Jeremiah Arthur walks again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The nine-year-old boy whose accident in a vehicle knockdown inspired the Joy News documentary, A Boy\u2019s Wish<\/em> has had his wish come true, three years after the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When\n Jeremiah Arthur was knocked down by a car in 2016, his left leg was \nchopped off at the scene while the other leg was fractured, rendering \nhim unable to walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But\n after his story was featured on a Joy News documentary recently, \nJerry’s long hours of sitting idle, unable to play with his friends has \ncome to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Jerry\u2019s entire left leg was lost in the fatal accident.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to a number of interventions which have come his way, including the offer by the Orthopaedic Training Centre at Nsawam<\/a> to give him a prosthetic leg, Jerry is back on his feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Jerry<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With his prosthetic leg, Jerry can now move on his own without a wheelchair or clutches.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since\n a car veered off the road and knocked him in his school in June 2016, \nhe had always relied on his wheelchair or others to move from one point \nto another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Jerry<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After\n nearly two months at Nsawam, however, he is going back to Takoradi in a\n condition that brings a lot of relief to his mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jerry\u2019s mother, Betty Mensan, told Joy News the prosthetic legs will enable the boy to bring an end to the long and painful hours he sits while his friends play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

credit: myjoyonline.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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