A Director of the Center for Disaster Resilience and Leadership Studies of the University for Health and Allied Science (UHAS), Dr. Ishmael Norman\u00a0has revealed that\u00a0Ghana is only alert for the deadly Ebola virus but not ready and prepared to deal with an outbreak.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026our preparedness is still questionable; what we are, is that we are alert, but not prepare enough,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the\u00a0Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>\u00a0on Tuesday, Dr. Norman noted that only an appreciable number of Ghanaians are informed about the threat of the virus.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026as to the details of the information and the accuracy of the information that is doubtful,\u2019\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n He further explained that in terms of the \u201cexistential threat\u2019\u2019 of the Ebola virus to Ghana, it is important Ghana is completely alert, \u201cnot just the government and the Ministry of Health but individuals\u2019\u2019 as well.<\/p>\n According to him Ghana\u2019s problem is not with the medical staff to fight with any kind of diseases, but the problem is the capacity of\u00a0facilities available.<\/p>\n Dr. Norman also advised stakeholders to be completely alert and tighten security at the boarders. He said high level meetings like what happened in Accra last week\u00a0only stays with the high level consumers and not the grassroots people.<\/p>\n \u201cI think if the government really is serious about public education then I think there should be canvassers out there [educating the people],\u2019\u2019 he opined.<\/p>\n Reports on a suspected fever case at the Nyaho clinic sparked fears about a possible outbreak.<\/p>\n Tests on the American with the\u00a0suspected fever case in Ghana by the Noguchi Memorial Research Institute proved negative.<\/p>\n Over 400 people have died from the Ebola disease since it broke out in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.<\/p>\n Ebola kills its victims within days and symptoms of the virus include severe fever and muscle pain, weakness, vomiting and diarrhoea \u2014 in some cases shutting down organs and causing unstoppable bleeding.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Director of the Center for Disaster Resilience and Leadership Studies of the University for Health and Allied Science (UHAS), Dr. Ishmael Norman\u00a0has revealed that\u00a0Ghana is only alert for the deadly Ebola virus but not ready and prepared to deal with an outbreak. \u201c\u2026our preparedness is still questionable; what we are, is that we are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":11259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[118,15,43,38,951],"yoast_head":"\n