{"id":380625,"date":"2017-12-06T13:33:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T13:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=380625"},"modified":"2017-12-07T06:20:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T06:20:27","slug":"health-officials-administer-antibiotics-to-kumaca-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/health-officials-administer-antibiotics-to-kumaca-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Health officials administer antibiotics to KUMACA students\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
Health officials in the Ashanti Region, have begun administering antibiotics to students of the Kumasi Academy following a suspected bacterial infection<\/strong><\/a><\/span> which has claimed four lives within a week.<\/p>\n Over 1,500 students have so far received the medication.<\/p>\n The Ministry of Education has thus called on parents to allow their wards return to the Kumasi Academy to take the antibiotics which are being distributed to students and teachers of the school.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 19 students of the school are currently on admission, with 16 at the KNUST hospital, and three others at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).<\/p>\n The Deputy Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, told the media when he visited the school on Wednesday, that government will do everything possible to address the problem.<\/p>\n He also said the school will be closed down to allow for further investigations after the drugs are administered.<\/p>\n