Information reaching WhatsappNews Ghana has it that 33 persons have lost their life through the annual Cerebral Meningitis in the Upper West Region- Ghana.
Officially, the Upper West Regional Health Directorate has declared that 314 people have contracted the Cerebral Meningitis (CSM), of which 33 persons have left their ghosts to the disease just in a couple of weeks.
The situation is so dire that many have expressed fear that the situation may worsen if urgent steps are not taken to contain the disease. Per the statistic so far, it’s evident that the CSM potent more threats to the lives of the people in the Upper West Region than even the almighty COVID-19 pandemic.
In times of difficult situations like this, it requires all hands on deck especially all stakeholders including the various MPs and MMDCES from the 11 administrative Districts and constituencies respectively. That notwithstanding, the onus lies on the people to rally all these forces together to ensure that the problem is dealt with frontally and timeously since it’s a matter of life and death.
The Wa Central, Member of Parliament, Hon. Dr. Rashid Hassan Pelpuo has on his own out of duty brought the matter to the attention of the Government through a statement on the floor of parliament and has since followed it to the Health Minister to ensure that actions are expedited to get vaccines and logistics deployed for the combat of the diseases.