{"id":444165,"date":"2017-12-06T06:11:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T06:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/06\/deaths-in-kumasi-academy-not-caused-by-meningitis-medical-team\/"},"modified":"2017-12-06T06:11:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T06:11:07","slug":"deaths-in-kumasi-academy-not-caused-by-meningitis-medical-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/06\/deaths-in-kumasi-academy-not-caused-by-meningitis-medical-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaths in Kumasi Academy not caused by Meningitis &#8211; Medical team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday,  6 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>rainbowradioonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-06<\/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\/43265607.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kumaca6\" title=\"Kumaca6\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>\u2018Fear, panic\u2019 in Kumasi as another KUMACA student dies<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512540667_303_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Meningitis has been ruled out as the cause of deaths of students at Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti region.       <\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media today [Tuesday], the Ashanti Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Emmanuel Tenkorang, said \u201cwe have done all the tests for meningitis. They are negative, so it shows that the condition is not meningitis.\u201d   <\/p>\n<p>He added: \u2018\u2019 \u201cWe suspect that, most probably, there was an atypical bacterial infection, and that is the reason why we have this crisis. From the pathologist report, we believe there was an infection and most probably, it is a bacterial infection, and because of the fatalities, it is one of the atypical bacteria that we are dealing with.\u2019\u2019     <\/p>\n<p>The medical team working in the school would be administering antibiotics to the students and staff of the school to prevent the infection from spreading before the school is closed down on Friday.   <\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Health Service officials are partnering with a medical team from the World Health Organization to screen and treat students who have been infected.   <\/p>\n<p>He said  after administering the antibiotics, the team will conduct an intensive survey in the school find the possible source of the bacteria.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom there, we will do an intensive survey in the school. 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