This
is the final and decisive stage of the continent's preliminary
competition, with only 5 teams out of the 20 teams to participate at
Russia 2018. May God help us...
The surgery theater at the Effia-Nkwanta regional
hospital in Takoradi in the Western region, Ghana, caved in during a live
surgical operation.
The development caused a temporary hold up on
three ongoing operation and doctors had to transfer the patients to Kwesi Mintin Hospital for the process to continue. One
of the patients, a 31-year-old pregnant woman died. Her death are being
attributed to the incident.
According to local media, she died due to
unavailability of blood transfusion equipment or 'giving
set' at the hospital. But the medical
Director of Effa Nkwanta Hospital, Dr. Kwau Ntodi in an interview with
Joy News correspondent Francis Whajah denied the report. He said the
lady could have died even if the incident had not happened because she
had a ruptured uterus.
Iceland, Hungary, Switzerland and Poland are just some of the teams bidding to make their mark on a major tournament for the first time in many years.
Read the full schedule and fixtures for the next round and quarter finals.
