{"id":445353,"date":"2017-12-09T16:10:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T16:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/09\/kumaca-crisis-exposed-emergency-preparedness-failings-mp\/"},"modified":"2017-12-09T16:10:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T16:10:56","slug":"kumaca-crisis-exposed-emergency-preparedness-failings-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/09\/kumaca-crisis-exposed-emergency-preparedness-failings-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"KUMACA crisis exposed emergency preparedness failings \u2013 MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday,  9 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-09<\/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>H1N1 Influenza Virus is said to be the cause of death at 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=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\/1512835856_184_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The current health crisis at the Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti Region has exposed Ghana\u2019s failings in emergency preparedness, the Chairman of Parliament\u2019s Environment, Science and Technology Committee, Emmanuel  Kyermanten Agyarko has said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on The Big Issue, Mr. Agyarko lamented that the country\u2019s attitude to the emergency was largely reactive and stressed that the country needs \u201cto focus on preparedness going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Kumasi Academy incident is just the tip of an iceberg. What we need to be asking ourselves as a people is, what is the state of our emergency preparedness?\u201d he cautioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur health budget; if you take away salaries and compensation, our health budget is nothing to write home about. So we cant keep something aside for anything? We are incapable of having a reserve in case of an emergency\u2026\u201d These concerns extend to other sections of society, as Mr. Agyarko expressed fears that, \u201cif there is an earthquake like we hear in some places in this country, will we survive? Is our building code such that the buildings we are putting up, will they withstand tremors?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ayawaso West Wuogon MP was speaking in response to the detection of the pandemic influenza type A, H1N1 2009, also known as Swine Flu, which is suspected to have led to the deaths of four students and infected at least a dozen others.<\/p>\n<p>Antiviral agents are being administered to students and staff of the school and the government is hoping to get a consignment of vaccines from the World Health Organisation (WHO).<\/p>\n<p>The MP, who has headed the Food and Drugs Authority before and is a pharmacist by training, noted that the government should already have a plan in place for some of these health emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe live in a tropical country. These viral hemorrhagic diseases are endemic\u2026 they are here with us just by virtue of where we live and the temperatures we live in. 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