Meningitis outbreak: Another student dies at Tempane SHS

Another student of the Tempane Senior High School in the Upper East Region has died from meningitis Saturday.

The deceased, a third year student who had been on admission at the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital where he’d been in critical condition, is the second student to die in a week.

According to the Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr Clement Oppong, out of the nine students who had been admitted, six have been discharged remaining three who are currently in good condition.

This unfortunate incident follows the death of one student of the Bawku Senior High Technical School from meningits, while five students are on admission at the hospital.

There is also a recorded case of the disease at the Damango SHS in the Northern Region.

Many students at the Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti Region are currently on admission receiving treatment from Influenza Type A popularly referred to as Swine Flu. Four of them have already died from the disease.

On Saturday a student of the Koforidua Secondary Technical School (SECTECH) also died of suspected Meningitis at the Koforidua General Hospital. 22 students are currently being monitored after they came in contact with the deceased student.