A young man has shared his harrowing experience after what was supposed to be a routine medical procedure at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana, left him unable to walk and in constant pain.

According to him, the entire ordeal began when a young doctor at the facility asked him to remove his shorts in order to draw blood.

Trusting the doctor, he complied.

However, after the blood was taken for the second time, he began to feel unusual pain in his leg. "I started feeling sharp pain in my right leg.