October was breast cancer awareness month, marked the world over to draw the attention of the public to this curable malady. After years of preaching this gospel in Ghana, through NGOs, the media, and outreach services, women still come to the hospital in the late stages of the disease. By which time the disease would have spread to all the major organs and patient is emaciated, listless and hanging on their last breath. And a very common reason for this is "We were at a prayer camp."
Breast cancer is only one of the many illnesses rushed to the emergency room of the spiritual healer. Mental illness is even more identifiable with this environment; these poor souls are sometimes not only chained and left in the sun to bake, but also the devil is, literally, beaten out of them.
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