HEALTH

Dr. Emanuel Kofi Amponsah, the Medical Director of the Sunyani Regional Hospital (SRH) has cautioned that the use of mobile phones during working hours at health facilities is a breach of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Code of Conduct.…
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A 2-year-old baby girl has died at the Korle-Bu Teaching hospital in Accra due to the unavailability of a CT scan and other facilities at the referral centre. Father of the baby, Richard Yaw Asante, told Chief Jerry Forson on the Ghana…
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Pressure group OccupyGhana has described as appalling the unavailability of a “functioning and coordinated Emergency Response System” in Ghana’s health system, thus, “People who need emergency care simply cannot call for help”. In a…
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Long waiting times and inconvenience of travelling long distances to NHIS District Offices to renew membership will soon be a thing of the past as NHIA introduces a new innovation using mobile phones with a short code for renewal of…
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  Pupils of Duabone R/C Primary School, a beneficiary school in the Agona East District, of the Central Region of Ghana, now grow and eat more vegetables, to maintain a healthier lifestyle, thanks to the collaboration between Nestlé and…
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“It is important to do a thorough medical routine after a long fast to be sure that the health of the one who fasted is in good shape,” a member of the Ghana Lion Club, Lion Kobina Appiah has advised. It is for this reason that the Ghana…
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Ghana has become the first sub-Saharan African country to eliminate trachoma. Trachoma is noted as the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced this milestone and congratulated…
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The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has given a 6 July 2018 deadline to the committee tasked by the GHS to investigate the death of a 70-year-old man who was turned away from seven hospitals.…
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Authorities of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have impressed upon the citizenry to support it with regular voluntary blood donation to help save lives. Dr. Oheneba Owusu-Danso, Chief-Executive of the Hospital, said as the…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has sensitised Judges in the Greater Accra Region on the Food and Drugs Law to better appreciate the work of the Authority and help in the speedy trail of offenders of the law. “We are of the firm…
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