Four students of the St. Martins Senior High School at Nsawam in the Eastern region have collapsed on campus.
According to a student who spoke to the media, her colleagues collapsed on Sunday night during Prep and Monday morning during assembly.
“We were at Prep last night when they were rushed outside but we didn’t take it seriously. We were told Some of them had asthma attacks but the rest we don’t know what happened to them before they also collapsed. This morning too, we were at morning assembly when some just fell off and were also rushed in a pickup to the hospital."
Member of Parliament for the area, Frank Annor-Dompreh, in a radio interview confirmed the incident and said four students collapsed on campus, three collapsed due to an asthmatic attack while the fourth person was suffering from malaria.
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His statements contradict earlier media reports that over 20 students have collapsed.
Frank Annor-Dompreh said he is in talks with the Health Directorate in the area to make sure necessary measures are in place to prevent an outbreak in the school.
The development comes at a time the nation is battling with an outbreak of Influenza H1NI at the Kumasi Academy which has claimed lives of students.
On Friday, a male student of the Koforidua SECTEC was also reported to have died of a suspected case of meningitis.
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