Seventh student dies in 4 months at KUMACA
The death of another student at the Kumasi Academy on Wednesday
has heightened tension among parents and fear among the students.
The death of Seedock Boadi, brings the number of deaths at the school to seven in less than four months.
When Graphic Online’s Donald Ato Dapatem telephoned
the Assistant Headmaster of the school, Mr Ernest Wiafe on Thursday and
asked about the latest incident he said “please I can’t speak about
anything. I am now with the Regional Director.”
A source at the school however hinted the student, Seedock Boadu
reported sick on Tuesday and was treated and discharged at the school’s
sick bay.
His condition deteriorated later and was rushed to the Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science and Technology (KNUST) hospital and died some
hours later.
“Surprisingly, the dad of Seedock came around after he had been
discharged from the sickbay and provided him with some provisions. He
was okay but at night things took a different turn and when he was
rushed to the hospital he could not make it”, the source said.
In March this year, four students from the school died mysteriously, a
situation that sparked tension and when post mortem were conducted on
them it came out that they all passed on through severe cases of
meningitis.
Announcing the cause of death in early April after the postmortem,
the Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Simon Osei-Mensah, said: “through the
collaborative efforts of experts from Ghana Health Service from
district, regional and national levels with experienced colleagues from
KATH and an autopsy was conducted on the bodies of the students, we can
confidently say that the cause is Meningitis”.
A month after the death of the four students another student also
died and post mortem indicated he died of typhoid. However the cause of
the death of the sixth student was unknown.
Sources at the school tell Graphic Online that a
pathologist will be conducting post mortem on the seventh student and
expressed the hope that the report will be ready by Friday.
Sources at the school said the headmistress, Mrs Eunice Nkansah has been asked to proceed on leave and hand over to her deputy.
The source said that authorities in the region have been joined by
some high-powered educational officials from Accra to deliberate on the
issue.
Source: Graphic.com.gh
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