HEALTH

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye, has charged the Health Committee as well as the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, to come up with laws and regulations in the medical field that will deal with the no-bed syndrome…
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Can’t fall asleep at night? You’re not alone. Insomnia is exceedingly common in the U.S., with 30 to 40 percent of American adults having problems sleeping each year. Commonly, a lack of sleep can result in a series of problems with mental…
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Dr Juliana Ameh, Medical Superintendent in charge of the LEKMA Hospital, has been summoned for questioning by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare. Dr Ameh’s summoning follows the death of 70-year-old…
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Harrison Gbisanya, a 22-year-old young man has developed a swollen belly after going through surgery at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital on 13 January 2018. Narrating his ordeal in an interview with Chief Jerry Forson on Ghana Yensom…
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The sudden death of a 54-year-old contractor Joseph Frimpong at the Nsawam government Hospital in the Eastern Region has triggered another issue of medical negligence on the part of nurses and doctors. The deceased who personally drove…
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Dr (Mrs) Beatrice Wiafe-Addai, Breasts Pathologist and Chief Executive Officer of the Peace and Love Hospital, on Thursday advised women to adopt self-breasts examination to avoid contracting cancer. She said about 80 percent of women…
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said it will probe the circumstances surrounding the death of 70-year-old man Anthony Opoku Acheampon, on 3 June 2018, after he was turned away by seven hospitals for lack of beds. The matter generated…
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The Health Committee of Parliament will investigate circumstances that led to the death of 70-year-old Anthony Opoku Acheampon in his son’s car at the LEKMA hospital after six other hospitals refused to admit him due to an apparent lack of…
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A 70-year old man, Anthony Opoku Acheampon, died in his car at the LEKMA hospital after six other hospitals refused to admit him due to lack of beds. Ishmael Opoku, the son of the deceased narrating his ordeal to Benjamin Akakpo on the…
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Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Manager at Nestle Ghana, Mrs Margaret Mary Tohowenou has emphasised the need for children to be continually fed with milk. According to her some mothers stop giving their children milk and other dairy…
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