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Akufo-Addo Launches Ghana’s Antimicrobial Resistance Policy & National Action Plan
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, launched Ghana’s Anti-Microbial Resistance Policy and National Action Plan, at an event at the Accra International Conference Centre.
President Akufo-Addo…
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UG Medical Centre Not Ready for Use – Agyeman-Manu
Health Minister, Kweku Agyeman-Manu, has said poor negotiations regarding the management of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) is to be blamed for the delay in using the health post.
He gave the assurance that the facility…
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Rains: Be Cholera Alert – GHS
Ghanaians must be cautious with whatever they eat and drink during the rainy season in order to avoid contracting diarrhoeal diseases like cholera, Dr Emmanuel Dotsi, a Senior Public Health Specialist at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has…
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Baby’s Dad Brought GHS533 Bill 2hrs After Doc Cut Oxygen
It has emerged that the father of a nine-week-old baby, who died at the St. Gregory Hospital in Kasoa over a GHS533 bill, managed to rush to the health post with the money just two hours after the little patient died after a doctor had…
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‘Oxygen Doctor’s Action Unacceptable – GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said it is wrong for a health official to cut oxygen supply to a patient over bills if the patient has a chance of surviving.
“… If you believe that the person will survive and you take off the oxygen…
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GHS Investigates Death Of 9-Week-Old Boy at St. Gregory Hospital
The Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, says his outfit will investigate circumstances that led to the death of a nine-week-old baby, Prosper, at the St Gregory Catholic Hospital at Kasoa in the…
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High Alkaline Drinking Water Unsafe for Consumption – FDA
The Food and Drugs Authority has alerted the public on the unsafe nature of drinking water with high alkaline levels.
According to a statement signed by the Acting Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Delese Darko, the FDA had sighted a…
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Samini Urges FDA To Stop Tramadol Abuse
Renowned Dancehall artiste, Samini, has urged the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to expedite measures to end the effect of tramadol on the youth.
Speaking to Andy Dosty on Hitz FM, he stated that drug abuse was claiming precious lives…
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Ghana Marks World Health Day with Focus on Universal Health Coverage
The Ministry of Health (MOH), Ghana Health Service (GHS) and other stakeholders today, mark the World Health Day, 2018 on the general theme: “Universal health coverage: everyone, everywhere” and the slogan is “Health for All”.
In a…
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Tepahene Condemns Tramadol Abuse
THE PARAMOUNT Chief for Tepa, in the Ashanti region, Nana Adusei Atwenewa Ampem I, has openly decried the devastating effects of Tramadol on the youth of the country.
He observed with concern that the abuse of the drug is serving as bad…
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