Over 20 Pupils In Prampram Collapse, Hospitalised After Drinking Asana

• Over 20 school kids in Prampram have been hospitalised after collapsing during class hours
• The children from the Prampram D/A Basic 'B' and Methodist Freeman Basic School had consumed asana sold by a vendor in the area before collapsing
• Videos on social media showed concerned onlookers at the Prampram Polyclinic compound

More than 20 pupils from Prampram D/A Basic 'B' and Methodist Freeman Basic School in the Greater Accra Region have been hospitalised after collapsing during class hours on April 14.

Joy News reported that several of the children were seen running in distress before collapsing.

Adom News reported that the affected pupils have been admitted to the Prampram Polyclinic.

Preliminary reports indicate that the children had consumed asana, a local corn drink, sold by a vendor in the area. The vendor has also been hospitalised.

The Ningo-Prampram District Health Directorate is probing the incident and is collaborating with parents.

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Videos on social media showed concerned onlookers at the Prampram Polyclinic compound.

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YEN.com.gh reported that Kumasi Academy attracted negative attention in the past when four students died mysteriously back in 2017.

The death of the students forced some parents to withdraw their wards from the school, fearing cases of food poisoning.

But it later merged that the students died of meningitis. Testing of other ill students at the school by Noguchi also revealed that out of the 19 samples collected, 12 tested positive for influenza type A.

Source: YEN.com.gh