HEALTH

The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Mental Health Authority (GHA), Dr Akwasi Osei is warning of great calamity in the country’s mental health system in the event the Department for International Development (DFID) withdraws its support of…
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The Coalition for Allied Health Nurses has denied receiving financial clearance for employment from the finance ministry. The Health Ministry recently announced it has granted financial clearance for over 8,000 trainee nurses are untrue.…
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The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) has called off its strike with immediate effect. The association, in a statement, said: “On behalf of the National Executive Council of the Ghana Association of Medical…
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The United States Agency International Development (USAID) in collaboration with the Ghana Health Services (GHS) has refurbished five Community Health Planning and Services (CHPS) in five selected districts of Ashanti to the tune of…
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The Ghana Nurse-Midwives Trainee Association (GNMTA)  has described as untrue government’s claim of releasing financial clearance of GH¢8,042  for the posting of unemployed nurses. In a short statement to set the records straight the…
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Activists for the opening of the $217 million University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) may now breathe a sigh of relief as the government of Ghana, yesterday announced its decision to make the facility operational. In a statement signed…
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The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has said the government would soon put to rest all matters regarding the opening of the University of Ghana Medical Centre. In brief comments to the press in Parliament, the Health Minister said…
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Victims of the 2015 ‘June 3 disaster’ have revealed that they have had to rely on pain reliever tramadol to withstand the constant pain they feel in their bodies as a result of the national disaster. Narrating their new lifestyle in…
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The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) strike is taking a financial toll on patients seeking affordable health care. The strike has now forced some patients to use private laboratories which are said to be…
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The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday cut the sod for the construction of a new Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra. The new facility is urgently needed to help provide…
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