A final-year student of A.M.E. Zion Senior High School in the Central Region has lost her life after being attacked by a swarm of bees on the school grounds.
The student, Emmanuella Quainoo, had enrolled in the private school to take remedial classes and improve her science grades after a previous WASSCE attempt.
On Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at around 5 p.m., she was reportedly attacked by a swarm of bees while on the school premises.
She was rushed to a nearby hospital, but sadly did not survive.
Medical staff are said to have recommended urgent treatment, including a blood transfusion, but her condition quickly worsened.
Her grandmother, Vida Ayi Mensah, speaking in an interview on Thursday, March 19, expressed deep grief over the tragic loss.
She recounted, “We heard she had been attacked by bees at school, so we rushed there and took her to the hospital. She passed away the next day.
“We saw the doctors attending to her. She asked us to buy medications, which we had already done, and they also said she’d need a blood transfusion. While at the pharmacy, I was called that she had died, so I didn’t proceed with the drugs.”
