A 21-year-old final-year student at the A.M.E Zion Senior High School in the Central Region has died after being attacked by bees on the school premises.
The deceased, Emmanuella Quainoo, had enrolled at the private school for remedial classes to improve her science scores following an earlier WASSCE attempt. Around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, she was reportedly swarmed by bees while on campus.
Despite being rushed to a nearby hospital, Emmanuella could not survive the attack. Medical staff reportedly recommended urgent treatment, including a blood transfusion, but her condition rapidly deteriorated.
Speaking to Citi News on Thursday, March 19, her grandmother, Vida Ayi Mensah, expressed deep sorrow over the incident.
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.”
