Hundreds of mourners thronged three separate communities in the Ashanti Region yesterday to pay their last respects to three of the four students of Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) who died from meningitis within two weeks. Asawase in the Asokore Mampong Municipality, Ahenkro in the Offinso Municipality and Kuntanase in Bosomtwe District came to a standstill when … Read more
Parliament on Thursday underlined urgent and pragmatic measures for effective check on Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM) that has hit parts of the country. A number of people are reported dead from the disease, which often strikes more in the Northern Belt, usually when the weather is very warm. Two students were reported to have died … Read more
Parliament on Thursday underlined urgent and pragmatic measures for effective check on Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM) that has hit parts of the country. A number of people are reported dead from the disease, which often strikes more in the Northern Belt, usually when the weather is very warm. Two students were reported to have died … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Alexis Nang-Beifubah, says it will take disease researchers at least a week to determine the particular type of meningitis that killed four students of the Kumasi Academy. Autopsy report by health authorities in Kumasi showed the four students died of meningitis contrary to speculation that it was … Read more
Speculations have been ongoing as to the cause of the death of four students of the Kumasi Academy which many deemed ‘mysterious’ due to the nature of the deaths. Among the very many guessed causes of the deaths is that of food poisoning which received wide acceptance since the students allegedly suffered similar sicknesses before … Read more
Authorities of the Kumasi Academy Senior High School (KUMACAS) have suspended all school activities and sent all the students home. This decision by the authorities follows the death of some four students of the school which has been attributed to meningitis. Authorities of the school say the students are ‘distressed’ and may not psychologically sound … Read more
Simon Osei-Mensah, the Ashanti Regional Minister, has announced a massive health education and surveillance to help save lives and curtail the upsurge of Meningitis in the Ashanti Region. This comes on the back of the recent death of four students of the Kumasi Academy Senior High School, confirmed to have been killed by the disease. … Read more
The Ghana Health Service has intensified processes to identify more cases of pneumococcal meningitis at Kumasi Academy and its environs after it discovered 26 cases of the disease at the school. Autopsy reports of four students who died last month at the school reveal they died from the disease. The deaths of the students caused … Read more
Some students of Kumasi Academy say they are taking the official cause of death of four of their mates with a pinch of salt. According to them, there is no truth in the autopsy report which cites meningitis as the cause of death. Speaking to Akoma FM’s Antwi Boasiako on Wednesday, a group of students, … Read more
Some students of the Kumasi Academy Senior High School (SHS) have rejected the post-mortem examination which concluded that four of their colleagues who have lost their lives within the last few days, died of meningitis. According to some of the students who spoke on condition of anonymity, the four deaths have a spiritual connection beyond … Read more
The Ashanti regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah has revealed that the four students who died at the Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti region died from meningitis and not food poisoning. The four students died over a ten-day period with colleague students and parents of the deceased suspecting the cause of death to be food poisoning. … Read more
It has been revealed that the four deaths, recently recorded at the Kumasi Academy Senior High School in Ashanti were due to meningitis. In all, a total of 26 cases of meningitis have since been reported at various hospitals from the school with four ending up dead. According to Graphic Online’s Kumasi reporter, Kwadwo Baffoe … Read more
The cause of the “mysterious” deaths of four students at the Kumasi Academy Senior High School at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti Region has been found to be Meningitis. This was revealed after autopsies of three were conducted by three health facilities – St. Patrick’s Hospital, St. Michael’s Hospital and the School of Medical Sciences. Students … Read more
An autopsy report released by the Ghana Health Service in the Ashanti region into the death of four students of the Kumasi Academy Senior High School (KUMACA) has revealed that they died of meningitis. This followed days of speculation that the students died out of food poisoning, forcing parents and guardians to withdraw their wards … Read more
Ernest Wiafe, assistant headmaster (academics) of the Kumasi Academy, has said it is too early to blame the death of four students of the school on food poisoning. Doctors, he said, are carrying out autopsies to ascertain the real cause of the deaths. The number of students from the Kumasi Academy SHS who have lost … Read more
Authorities of the Kumasi Academy have stepped up efforts in getting the autopsy reports of three of their students who mysteriously lost their lives. The school authorities, Kasapafmonline.com understands, are in constantly in touch with the management of the hospitals where the remains of their students were deposited with the view of getting the autopsy … Read more
The spate of death at Kumasi Academy students is assuming more worrying levels following reports of a fourth passing on Friday. Authorities say parents of the latest casualty called at the school on Monday to break the news of their ward’s demise. The deceased, yet to be identified, is a Form One student who left … Read more
The number of students from the Kumasi Academy SHS who have lost their lives over suspected food poisoning has risen to four. The latest casualty is a first year science student of the school whose parents have informed authorities of the school of his death. The Public Relations Officer of the Ashanti Regional Education Directorate, … Read more
The Asokore Mampong Health Directorate has begun investigations into the mysterious deaths of three students of the Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti Region over the weekend. The three died in circumstances the students have described as mysterious and the situation has thrown the student body into a state of panic. The students have been allowed … Read more
Students of Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) in the Ashanti Region have been asked to go home following disturbances on campus on Friday night, March 31, 2017, linked to the ‘mysterious deaths’ of three students within 13 days According to sources within the students’ body, the deceased who were males died as a result of food poisoning but their … Read more