A legal suit has been filed against the management board of the privately-owned Gracefield School Limited at Oyarifa, in the capital city of Accra, for knowingly feeding a student allergic to corn with \u201cBanku\u201d \u2013 a Ghanaian dish prepared from a mixture of corn-dough and cassava-dough. <\/p>\n
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The school child after gulping down about six mouthfuls of the \u201cBanku\u201d served by the school for lunch reportedly fell into deep sleep, waking up at about 7 pm, started vomiting profusely and she had to be rushed to the hospital, where she was kept on admission for days. <\/p>\n
The mother of the student is suing for Ghs150,000.00 compensatory damages. <\/p>\n
She is, additionally, asking the court to impose punitive damages for putting the life of the student at risk. <\/p>\n
She also wants the court to compel the school\u2019s management board to pay for the student\u2019s medical bill of Ghs1,634.00. <\/p>\n
In her statement of claim, the mother said she informed the school authorities when enrolling the student in the school of her allergies. <\/p>\n
The school had until June 24, last year, always served the student alternative meal anytime they prepared \u201cBanku\u201d for the rest of the students. <\/p>\n
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On June 24, 2021, the school served the then hungry student \u2018Banku\u2019 for lunch, which the attendant knew, she was allergic to. <\/p>\n
She was forced by hunger to swallow about six morsels of the local dish before the attendant came to replace it with spaghetti. The harm had already been done. <\/p>\n
The student went into deep sleep and woke up at about 7 pm, only to start vomiting, leading to her hospitalization for days. <\/p>\n
She suffered physical pain, weakness and became dehydrated. She was also psychologically and emotionally traumatized. <\/p>\n
The school authorities, however, deny serving the student with \u201cBanku\u201d and say they cannot be responsible for whatever happened to her. <\/p>\n
They insist that the student had always been served a different meal anytime \u201cBanku\u201d featured as the main menu. <\/p>\n
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