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Physician Assistants to Strike Over Arrest of ‘Innocent’ Colleague
Physician Assistants in the Eastern Region have threatened to boycott all medical facilities if one of their colleagues is not released from Police custody.
According to them, their colleague is being wrongfully detained over a crime he…
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Public Warned Against Adopting Ketogenic Diet
The general public has been warned against jumping on a ketogenic diet in a bid to reduce weight as it could lead to a liver related disease.
Many people especially women are jumping on to the ketogenic diet, where they eat high-fat,…
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Parliament Approves $50m To Complete UG Medical Centre
Parliament has approved $50 million for the completion of the remaining works at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC).
According to the Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, although the centre looked complete from the…
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FDA Seizes Over 4000 Unregistered Tablets of Tramadol
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has referred 21 over-the-counter chemical sellers to the Pharmacy Council for stocking and selling high doses of Tramadol.
Nora Narkie Terlabi, the Ashanti Regional head of the FDA told Joy News, the…
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Injection Deaths: Physician Assistants To Strike Over Arrest
The Ghana Physician Assistants Association (GPAA) has threatened a sit-down strike Friday, April 13 if immediate steps are not taken to release a physician assistant at the new Senchi Health Centre in the Eastern region from prison custody.…
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Over 2,000 Children Benefit from Free Deworming Exercise
More than 2000 children between two and 12 years at James Town and its environs in Accra have benefitted from a free deworming exercise.
They were given Benzil 400, Tanzol, Mebendazole oral suspension among other medications aimed at…
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FDA Drags Five Drug Peddlers to Court
Five alleged drug peddlers who were caught displaying and selling drugs and herbal medicines unauthorised by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.
The five including two females have been charged…
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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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