HEALTH

Former Minister of Health  Dr George Sipa-Adjah Yankey  has said it is impossible for any  government to build more than 80 new hospitals in one year. According to him, “It is not feasible,” emphasizing  on the fact that procurement…
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Some 621 new coronavirus related deaths have been reported across the United Kingdom (UK). The UK Department of Health and Social Care made this known in a tweet around 4:19pm on May 2, 2020. It says “As of 9am 2 May, there have been…
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The Food and Drugs Authonty (FDA) is raising an alert over the use of Naphthalene (commonly called Camphor of Mothbalts) for the prevention and treatment of Covid-19. The Authority in a statement signed by its Chief Executive Officer,…
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The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Ghanaian diagnostic company, Incas Diagnostics, have developed a Covid-19 test kit that gives results between 15-20 minutes. According to a statement signed by the…
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PLANS HAVE reached advanced stages for the creation of a COVID-19 Isolation Center at Bekwai in the Ashanti Region. Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, said the center would boost the treatment of the persons who test positive for…
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A STAFF of the Information Service Department (ISD) has been involved in a gory vehicular crash, whilst in the line of official duty to give public education and information on the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Seth Amponsah Hudson, the Bosome…
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‘Every year, more than 30 million African children under the age of five fall ill and 500 000 die due to vaccine-preventable diseases. “This accounts for 58% of global deaths from these diseases,’ says the WHO Regional Director for Africa,…
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The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, has stated that the Akufo-Addo led government has not abandoned hospital projects started by the erstwhile Mahama administration. This comes after the construction of 88 hospitals in the districts…
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The U. S has delivered critical medical supplies for the testing of Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Ghana. A U.S. Air Force C-130J aircraft from the 86th Airlift Wing in Ramstein Air Base, Germany delivered the medical supplies to the Government…
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HEALTHCARE DELIVERY at the Methodist Hospital, Ankaase, risks suffering a major setback if government does not intervene, as medical personnel at the facility are threatening to boycott work. Health workers such as medical doctors,…
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