HEALTH

The never-ending reports of mess at the country’s healthcare delivery outlets are indeed worrying, but more worrying is the blame-game and virtual inaction of the movers and shakers of the nation’s health sector. When news of what has…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has resolved to crack its whip on importers and manufacturers who produce substandard products for the local market. The authority warns that importers and manufacturers would be held responsible and…
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Come rain, come shine, the University of Ghana Medical Centre would commence operations today, sources close to the PUBLISHER has assured. This decision by government comes after persistent outrage over the abandonment of the 600-bed…
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Health service providers have urged government to increase the premium of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to generate enough revenue to sustain the pro-poor health care policy. Executive Director of the Health Insurance…
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Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, New Board Chairman of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), has disclosed that a new CEO will be appointed by the close of the week. Speaking in an interview on Joy FM on Tuesday, 17 July 2018, Mr Boye stated that…
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched its Employee Health and Well-Being Programme (EHAWP) to help improve the health of staff and enhance productivity in the workplace. The programme, which would start from the GHS headquarters,…
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Ghana’s parliament has approved a €47million loan facility for the completion of the second phase of the University of Ghana Medical Centre. Phase two of the project will equip the hospital with facilities such as a VIP maternity and…
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The Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority is asking for an increment in the national insurance levy to save the biggest health scheme from total collapse. Speaking to Sanda on the Eyewitness News, Dr Samuel…
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It is unfortunate that Ghana, as a developing nation, is grappling with a no-bed syndrome in the various hospitals across the county, founder and Board Chairman of Rabito Clinic, Professor Edmund Delle, has said. According to the Chief…
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In view of the struggles of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), social commentator, Sydney Casely Hayford has suggested that the government should start taxing churches. “Maybe it’s time developing countries like us and the…
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