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Monday, 7 April 2014

Ghana reports first suspected Ebola Case!


From Premium Times-

Ghana’s health authorities have announced the first suspected case of the deadly Ebola disease at the country’s second biggest hospital, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, KATH, in Kumasi.
The Deputy Director of Public Health in the Ashanti region, Joseph Oduro, said on Sunday evening that the case resulted in the death of a 12-year-old girl.

He said the health officials in the Ashanti Region held an emergency meeting over the case.
Mr. Oduro said the victim, who was admitted at the paediatric unit of the Teaching Hospital with symptoms of fever and bleeding, died; and during a post-mortem it was detected she had internal bleeding.