{"id":360235,"date":"2017-10-08T17:12:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T17:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=360235"},"modified":"2017-10-08T17:12:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T17:12:17","slug":"bawumia-visits-survivors-of-atomic-junction-gas-explosion-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/bawumia-visits-survivors-of-atomic-junction-gas-explosion-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia visits survivors of Atomic junction gas explosion [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Sunday visited the victims who suffered last from Saturday\u2019s gas explosion at Atomic junction in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>He was accompanied by a number of government officials and personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service to the various hospitals the victims were receiving medical attention.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-360242\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bawumia-visits-gas-victims-6.jpg\" alt=\"bawumia-visits-gas-victims-6\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So far, seven people have died, whiles some 68 are receiving treatment, with 64 discharged.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bawumia used the opportunity to sympathize with the survivors, and also wished them speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-360240 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bawumia-visits-gas-victims-4.jpg\" alt=\"bawumia-visits-gas-victims-4\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Vice President also extended his condolences to the bereaved families.<\/p>\n<p>He had said early on that government will foot the medical bills\u00a0of the injured persons, as efforts are being made to introduce a policy that will sanitize the\u00a0fuel retail sector to avoid such explosions.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 30 lives have been lost to about eight\u00a0gas explosions\u00a0in the last three years. This excludes the twin disaster of flood and fire on June 3, 2015, which killed nearly 150 people.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-360239 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bawumia-visits-gas-victims-3.jpg\" alt=\"bawumia-visits-gas-victims-3\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some 7\u00a0people lost their lives, and 132 others sustained\u00a0varied degrees of injury in the gas explosion on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-360238 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bawumia-visits-gas-victims-2.jpg\" alt=\"bawumia-visits-gas-victims-2\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-360237 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bawumia-visits-gas-victims-1.jpg\" alt=\"bawumia-visits-gas-victims-1\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-360236 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bawumia-visits-gas-victims-7.jpg\" alt=\"bawumia-visits-gas-victims-7\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Sunday visited the victims who suffered last from Saturday\u2019s gas explosion at Atomic junction in Accra. 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