{"id":1112008,"date":"2022-06-06T12:12:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T12:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/06\/johnathan-mensah-stable-after-suffering-nasty-head-injury\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T12:12:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T12:12:38","slug":"johnathan-mensah-stable-after-suffering-nasty-head-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/06\/johnathan-mensah-stable-after-suffering-nasty-head-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnathan Mensah &#8216;stable&#8217; after suffering nasty head injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"456\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_2022-06-06_081450098-696x456.png\"   alt=\"Johnathan Mensah\" title=\"Johnathan Mensah\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Source: GFA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Black Stars defender Jonathan Mensah is in a \u2018stable condition and responding to treatment  after suffering head injury during Ghana\u2019s game against the\u00a0Central African Republic\u00a0in the AFCON qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>The Columbus Crew captain collided with an opponent in the penalty box. The defender fared the worst, requiring treatment on the field before being taken to the hospital for further assessment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe defender suffered a headbutt from an opponent resulting in a concussion. He was given emergency treatment on the pitch before being rushed to the hospital for further treatment,\u201d a statement from GFA on Sunday evening, noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCT scans confirmed normal findings but he would have to spend the night at the hospital for further assessment and evaluation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to call on Ghanaians, friends and family to remain calm as the Black Stars medical team works around the clock to get him back on his feet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"lpUx5pIiMF4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This Week Parliament \u2013 Adom TV News (4-6-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lpUx5pIiMF4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source: GFA Black Stars defender Jonathan Mensah is in a \u2018stable condition and responding to treatment after suffering head injury during Ghana\u2019s game against the\u00a0Central African Republic\u00a0in the AFCON qualifiers. The Columbus Crew captain collided with an opponent in the penalty box. The defender fared the worst, requiring treatment on the field before being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1112010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[2092,16398,2124,16399,1554,713],"class_list":["post-1112008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-injury","tag-johnathan","tag-mensah","tag-nasty","tag-stable","tag-suffering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1112008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1112008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}