HEALTH

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service has confirmed the authorities are aware of babies contracting cancer as result of being fed with metal-infested breast milk by mothers who inhale smoke from the Agbogloshie e-waste dumping…
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By this time tomorrow, dead bodies in some Public health facilities would be left unattended to if government fails to review the remuneration of mortuary workers. The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) would begin an…
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HIV/AIDS fatality rate is assuming alarming proportion at the Brong-Ahafo Regional Hospital, says Dr Emmanuel Kofi Amponsah, the Medical Director. This means that, 20 people out of every 1,000 reported cases of HIV/AIDS died at the…
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The Akufo-Addo government has inaugurated an eleven-member Governing Board for the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) in the Northern Region. Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu inaugurated the board on Wednesday, 27 February 2019 in Tamale.…
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Health facilities in Ghana are set to run on a paperless and cashless system as the country strives for world class health practices for patient satisfaction. Already, 29 hospitals in the Central Region are already operating the system…
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mental Health Authority, Dr. Akwasi Osei, has stated that Parliament will, in June, pass the legislative instrument (LI) which will support the enforcement of the Mental Health Act passed in 2012.…
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A 53-year-old, Vivian Tanson, on Monday delivered twins at the All Faith Medical Centre through Invitro Fertilisation. The babies which weighed 1.7 and 1.4 Kilogrammes were the first children for the woman who was married for 15 years…
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One police officer was killed and four Ebola patients are missing after the treatment centre they were in was attacked on Wednesday night in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.This is the second such attack in just three days by unknown…
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Patients in need of MRI and CT scans are being turned away from the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital hospital’s MRI & CT scan Centre, with the excuse that the machines are not ready for use. This comes less than a week after the hospital…
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The Central Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), in collaboration with the Regional Police Command, has arrested seven men suspected to be dealers in and manufacturers of unregistered medicines in the Cape Coast…
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