Kumasi, Dec 20, - A massive
exercise to disinfect dormitories, classrooms, dining and assembly halls, wash
and bathrooms of the Kumasi Academy Senior High School (KUMACA) to protect the
students and their teachers from bacterial infection got underway on Wednesday.
The two-week exercise is being
carried out jointly by the Health Ministry and Pathos AIB Limited, producers of
hospital grade disinfectants and sterilant.
It comes amid the recent reported
outbreak of swine flu (H1N1) in the school that claimed the lives of four
students and left scores sick.
In April, seven students in the
very same SHS had been killed by meningitis.
The exercise is meant to augment
efforts at preventing the spread of pathogens and other bacteria responsible
for the outbreak of epidemics.
Mr. Felix Danso, Managing
Director of Pathos, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA), that it was preceded by
site assessment of facilities in the school, including classrooms, dormitories,
bathrooms, washrooms, dining and assembly halls.
“Our observation is that
pathogens and other harmful bacteria are likely to thrive in the school due to
poor environmental conditions.”
He described the present
environmental sanitation there as worrying, and spoke of the need for periodic
disinfection of the place.
The Reverend Sylvester Osei
Owusu, the Headmaster, announced that all students, who fell sick and were
hospitalized had been discharged and joined their colleagues to write the end
of term examination.
GNA
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