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U/East: Nurses Quarters at Nabango Gutted by Fire
Residents of Nabango in the Kassena Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, would have to seek healthcare outside the town following a fire outbreak that destroyed a nurses quarters at the Nabango CHPS Centre last Sunday.
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Lab Scientists to Withdraw Services
Beginning 21 May 2018, medical laboratory scientists will be withdrawing some services as part of their efforts to push for better working conditions.
According to the scientists, the government has failed to respond to their demand for…
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Korle Bu Doctors Re-Attach Severed Wrist
A team of medical experts at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has successfully conducted a landmark surgery by re-joining the completely severed wrist of a patient.
Mr Victor Atikpo, a factory worker, had his wrist completely chopped off…
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Poor Roads to Blame for Faulty Ambulances – Ambulance Service
The Ghana Ambulance Service says most of its ambulances are faulty because of the bad road networks in the country.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Ambulance Service, (NAS),…
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Jobless Nurses Give Gov’t 2 Weeks to Grant Financial Clearance
The protesting jobless nurses and health professionals have given the government two weeks to act on a petition they submitted to the Health Ministry, demanding their financial clearance and a review of the Heal Ghana module under the…
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Delays in Clearing NHIS Debt Killing Pharmaceutical Companies
The Managing Director of Intravenous Infusions Limited, David Klutse, has called on the government to look for emergency funding for the National Health Insurance Scheme to enable it make prompt payment to its service providers.
This,…
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Ban On Cosmetics: Court Dismisses FDA’s Application
An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Daniel Mensah has dismissed a preliminary application by the Food and Drugs Authority seeking to have a suit filed by the Cosmetics Association Ghana over the ban of some bleaching creams…
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LAGOS: 2,131 Pregnant Women Test Positive To HIV
The Lagos state commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, has disclosed that no fewer than 1,131 pregnant women have been tested positive to the dreaded and incurable HIV disease.
Speaking at a ministerial news conference in Alausa, Lagos…
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Gov’t Does Not Owe You Jobs – Kofi Bentil To Nurses
The vice president of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has said government does not have any responsibility to find the teeming unemployed graduate nurses across the country jobs.
His comments come after the Coalition for Public Trained…
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Codeine Abuse Surfaces in Kumasi After Tramadol Trends
The Pharmacy Council has said its investigations have revealed wanton abuse of codeine cough syrup by the youth in Ghana.
Christian Trebi Quaio, the Regional head of the Council, told Luv News their findings indicate a combination of…
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