{"id":60900,"date":"2014-10-31T08:38:39","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T08:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=60900"},"modified":"2014-10-31T10:25:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T10:25:24","slug":"health-ministry-tests-readiness-for-ebola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/10\/health-ministry-tests-readiness-for-ebola\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Ministry tests readiness for Ebola"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service on Thursday, organised an Ebola simulation exercise to test the country\u2019s preparedness for a potential outbreak of Ebola.<\/p>\n
The simulation exercise, held at the Tema General Hospital, which is\u00a0 currently the only health facility in the country with has an isolation center, was to test how health personnel in the country would deal with a suspected case of the disease.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”nFIOE3TT14NHiomJnobcb4oalD8CDw1r”]Ebola has killed close to 5, 000 people and is currently most prevalent in West African countries Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.<\/p>\n Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Elvis Washington reported that the exercise begun with health personnel who were dressed in the appropriate protective suits who proceeded to attend to a patient showing symptoms of the disease.<\/p>\n