Seizures are causes of some accidents

Ho, March 12, GNA - Epileptic attacks suffered by people while driving could be the cause of some unexplained road accidents in the country, Mrs Priscilla Elikplim Tawiah, Head of the Psychiatric Unit of the Ho Municipal Hospital, said on Friday. She told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that her view was based on her watching some epileptic patients behind the wheels of taxis in town. Mrs Tawiah explained that such seizures would not always make the sufferer slump. The variant called "petit-mal" comes with momentary unconsciousness without convulsion as happens in the "grand-mal". Mrs Tawiah appealed to licensing » Read More

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