{"id":444508,"date":"2017-12-07T03:21:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T03:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/07\/health-officials-rule-out-kumaca-closure-as-drug-administration-continues\/"},"modified":"2017-12-07T03:21:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T03:21:37","slug":"health-officials-rule-out-kumaca-closure-as-drug-administration-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/07\/health-officials-rule-out-kumaca-closure-as-drug-administration-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Health officials rule out KUMACA closure as drug administration continues"},"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>Myjoyonline.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\/26453907.295.jpg\" alt=\"KUMACA DEATHS4\" title=\"KUMACA DEATHS4\" width=\"295\" height=\"177\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The Kumasi Academy has so far recorded four death cases<\/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\/1512616897_799_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Health Ministry and Ghana Health Service have put in place emergency measures to contain the health crisis in Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu explained the objectives of the new plan are to stop further transmission of the \u201cunknown\u201d disease and to ensure effective case management.<\/p>\n<p>At least 23 students are reportedly on admission at key health facilities in Kumasi, with 11 deaths recorded since the first case was reported in March 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of death is still unknown after meningitis was ruled out, health officials have said.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the emergency plan, surveillance of students has been intensified and cases recorded are to be referred to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) hospital.<\/p>\n<p>A medical team from the Ghana Health Service is administering Azithromycin antibiotics to students against possible bacterial infection.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be an immediate post-mortem conducted on all bodies by a group of pathologists.<\/p>\n<p><b>Parents and guardians thronged KUMACA to withdraw their wards<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A team has also been dispatched to investigate the matter by \u201cexamining the school\u2019s kitchen, dining hall and scan the whole environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum had said the school will be closed down after the drug administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to close down the school\u2026it is going to happen,\u201d he said. But Ghana Health Service Director-General Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare has ruled out the possibility of closing the school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t recommend that the school should close [because] we want to contain the situation,\u201d he told Evans Mensah on Joy FM\u2019s Top Story Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He said because health officials are working to unravel the cause of death, there is no need for the school to close down even after the drug administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not necessary,\u201d Dr Nsiah-Asare said, adding health officers working on the case will be meeting with parents to update them on the situation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 3 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 6 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-06 The Kumasi Academy has so far recorded four death cases The Health Ministry and Ghana Health Service have put in place emergency measures to contain the health crisis in Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) in the Ashanti Region. 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