{"id":443538,"date":"2017-12-04T15:46:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T15:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/kumaca-students-to-be-vaccinated-after-3-deaths\/"},"modified":"2017-12-04T15:46:48","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T15:46:48","slug":"kumaca-students-to-be-vaccinated-after-3-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/kumaca-students-to-be-vaccinated-after-3-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"KUMACA students to be vaccinated after 3 deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday,  4 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/52141903.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kumasi Academy Calm\" title=\"Kumasi Academy Calm\" width=\"295\" height=\"177\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kumasi Academy (KUMACA)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512402408_118_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is expected to vaccinate students of Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) in the Ashanti Region after three died from alleged meningitis last week.<\/p>\n<p>GHS Director of Public Health, Dr Badu Sarkodie told Joy News Monday the Service is awaiting the autopsy reports to establish the cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>He said because there are \u201cseveral types of meningitis\u201d it will be difficult for the Service to carry out the vaccination exercise when the cause of death is not yet clear.<\/p>\n<p>At least three KUMACA students have died, in separate incidents, from what unconfirmed reports said was meningitis.<\/p>\n<p>The tragic incidents bring to six the number of students who have died this year in the school.<\/p>\n<p>But school authorities have been tight-lipped on the recent deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Parents and guardians have expressed worry over the development, with others threatening to withdraw their wards from the school.<\/p>\n<p>But the Ghana Health Service has asked for the autopsy reports on the three bodies in order to undertake a vaccination exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sarkodie explained the report will help the vaccination team to \u201cbe very specific\u201d in the course of the exercise by using the right vaccine. 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