{"id":380329,"date":"2017-12-05T16:22:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T16:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=380329"},"modified":"2017-12-06T15:14:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T15:14:44","slug":"kumaca-deaths-meningitis-ruled-out-bacterial-infection-suspected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/kumaca-deaths-meningitis-ruled-out-bacterial-infection-suspected\/","title":{"rendered":"KUMACA deaths: Meningitis ruled out, bacterial infection suspected"},"content":{"rendered":"
Health officials in the Ashanti Region have ruled out Meningitis as the cause of the recent deaths at the Kumasi Academy (KUMACA).<\/p>\n
The officials, however, suspect a bacterial infection in the school.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”TlTQ8VhSatd7Io3Vg6g5NP13EVXmHdKJ”]Speaking to the Media, the Ashanti Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Emmanuel Tenkorang, said “we have done all the tests for meningitis. They are negative, so it shows that the condition is not meningitis.\u201d<\/p>\n
“We suspect that, most probably, there was an atypical bacterial infection, and that is the reason why we have this crisis. From the pathologist report, we believe there was an infection and most probably, it is a bacterial infection, and because of the fatalities, it is one of the atypical bacteria that we are dealing with,\u201d the doctor added.<\/p>\n