“If you have a relative or friend involved in galamsey, encourage them to stop because there is a disease called cerebellar ataxia which is being contracted from galamsey sites. It is incurable, and the cases are becoming too many, with many people coming to our hospital with the same condition.”
—A young nurse cautions people whose relatives or friends are involved in galamsey to stop because of cerebellar ataxia, which she says people are contracting at galamsey sites, adding that the number of cases being seen at the hospital is increasing.