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Maternal Deaths Shoot Up At KATH
Maternal death rate at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), in the Ashanti Region has increased according to hospital officials.
Latest figures from the hospital show that over 1,200 out of 100,00 women died during child birth in…
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Kintampo Records High Abuse Of Tramadol
The Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman Manu has revealed that the abuse of Tramadol has increased in the Kintampo South constituency of the Brong-Ahafo Region.
This information, according to him had been gathered by a market…
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IWD: Govt to Increase Maternity Leave to 14 Weeks – Minister
Government has announced that it intends to extend the current maternity leave to enable nursing mothers stay home a little longer.
Currently, the constitution allows women to stay home for only 12 weeks after delivery.
Speaking at an…
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MoH to Restrict Access to Tramadol painkiller
The Ministry of Health has said it intends to restrict access to the use of Tramadol, a known painkiller, to check the rising cases of abuse of the drug.
The drug, which is said to have flooded the Ghanaian market in alarming quantities,…
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New KATH Mother, Baby Unit Starts Full Operations Next Week
Work is complete for transfer of mothers and their babies, staff as well as equipment from the old to the new Mother and Baby Unit at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
It paves way for full operations to begin next week to bring…
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KATH Rebranding to Improve Care
The Management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) is taking measures to strengthen staff discipline in the use of resources and their relationships with clients to help improve quality of care at the facility.
The board had…
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Parents Plead for CSM Vaccination of Students
An appeal has been made to the health authorities to move quickly to vaccinate students in senior high schools (SHS) across the Upper East Region against cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM).
This comes on the heels of the death from the…
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Cancer Equipment at KATH Lies Idle as Parts Vanish
An equipment purchased by the government for the treatment of cancer at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) is lying idle because some of its components are missing.
The linear accelerator machine is one of a number of machines…
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KATH CEO Calls for Review of Maternal Health Strategies
Dr. Oheneba Owusu-Danso, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), has called for an urgent review of the country’s maternal health strategies to bring down the increasing deaths.
He said the growing…
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Wiyaala & Fans Take HIV Test
Miss Noella Wiyaala, a top Ghanaian Afro-pop singer and songwriter together with some of her fans took part in a free HIV Testing Services during the 61st Independence Day parade at the Jubilee Park in Wa.
The Afro-pop singer and…
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