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General News on Friday, March 29, 2019
Source: asempanews.com
2019-03-29
The students involved were driven Thursday night by bus to the Holy Child Hospital
Health officials at Holy Child Catholic Hospital in Fijai said there was no need to alarm in case of food poisoning recorded at Porter Girls High School of the Archbishop of Takoradi on Friday morning.
Some 60 students from the school were reportedly taken to hospital on Friday around 4 am, after having started vomiting and having diarrhea caused by food poisoning caused by vegetables they had bought. to a salesperson on campus.
The news of these events has aroused fear among some parents, but school authorities and health officials at Holy Child Hospital have said the situation is currently under control and that it is not necessary. There was therefore reason to worry.
Dr. Sylvester Fameye, medical manager, who reviewed the students, said some of them were very weak and that they needed help in the room.
However, he "had to admit 15 of them because of their condition", but the others were treated and released.
"When I arrived at the hospital at dawn, there were between seventy and seventy students. According to testimonials, the majority of them had pbaded like five stools and had thrown up four times. So, they were stable.
"Those who were stable and had spent 3 to 4 stools; we treated them and sent them away. Due to space issues, we decided to build a hospital team. We administered intravenous fluid and antibiotics and sent them to school with weak students. Said Dr. Fameye.
He pointed out that there was no need to alarm, the students having been treated and sent back to school, stating, "Let me add that There is no reason to alert, because everything is now normal. There was no victim.
Archbishop Porter High School Principal Charlotte Asiedu-Musah ensured that the situation was under total control.
She took 3news.com to the school's infirmary where some of the students were examined by a doctor to confirm that everything was under control. Asiedu-Musah said that only 37 students were affected and not 60 as mentioned.
According to her, some of them had returned to the clbadroom.
"As you can see, students even talk happily to each other. Some of them have just gone to clbad and their teachers and colleagues have never complained about their inactivity, "she said.
Officials from the Western Region and the Sekondi-Takoradi Subway Office of the Ghana Education Service were at the school to learn about the situation.
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