{"id":337465,"date":"2017-07-18T16:14:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T16:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=337465"},"modified":"2017-07-18T16:14:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T16:14:49","slug":"pollack-walks-for-first-time-after-kotoko-bus-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=337465","title":{"rendered":"Pollack walks for first time after Kotoko bus crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Head Coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Steve Pollack is making a steady recovery after he took his first steps following his knee surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The Englishman severely damaged his knees in an accident last Wednesday when the team bus ran into a stationary truck on the Nkawkaw road while returning to Kumasi after a Ghana Premier League game at Inter Allies.<\/p>\n<p>Pollack was sent to the Holy Family Hospital before being transferred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) where he has been on admission since last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The coach moved around the ward under the careful watch of medical personnel at the hospital, although with the help of crutches.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Asantekotokosc.com, Pollack said, &#8221;I got no broken bones. The only problem is my knee. I got the same operation 25 years ago so I know what it\u2019s all about. By God\u2019s grace, I\u2019m getting so well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not getting any pain from anywhere. I\u2019m not getting any pain from the ankles. I\u2019m well. Like I said, it\u2019s very big thanks from the bottom of my heart to everybody. I thank everybody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko\u2019s league fixtures have been postponed indefinitely due to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Daniel Koranteng\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dani77k\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @Dani77k<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head Coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Steve Pollack is making a steady recovery after he took his first steps following his knee surgery. The Englishman severely damaged his knees in an accident last Wednesday when the team bus ran into a stationary truck on the Nkawkaw road while returning to Kumasi after a Ghana Premier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=337465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=337465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=337465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=337465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}