HEALTH

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said it is wrong for a health official to cut oxygen supply to a patient over bills if the patient has a chance of surviving. “… If you believe that the person will survive and you take off the oxygen…
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The Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, says his outfit will investigate circumstances that led to the death of a nine-week-old baby, Prosper, at the St Gregory Catholic Hospital at Kasoa in the…
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The Food and Drugs Authority has alerted the public on the unsafe nature of drinking water with high alkaline levels. According to a statement signed by the Acting Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Delese Darko, the FDA had sighted a…
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Renowned Dancehall artiste, Samini, has urged the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to expedite measures to end the effect of tramadol on the youth. Speaking to Andy Dosty on Hitz FM, he stated that drug abuse was claiming precious lives…
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The Ministry of Health (MOH), Ghana Health Service (GHS) and other stakeholders today, mark the World Health Day, 2018 on the general theme: “Universal health coverage: everyone, everywhere” and the slogan is “Health for All”. In a…
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THE PARAMOUNT Chief for Tepa, in the Ashanti region, Nana Adusei Atwenewa Ampem I, has openly decried the devastating effects of Tramadol on the youth of the country. He observed with concern that the abuse of the drug is serving as bad…
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The Technical support Unit of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) in the Eastern Region tested 9,680 people to know their HIV status during the just ended Easter festivities on the Kwahu ridge. This comprised 5,556 males and 4,124 females…
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Dr Yaw Opoku, Chief Executive Officer of the Adwenpa Herbal Clinic, has called on Ghanaians to desist from self-medication and seek healthcare at qualified facilities and as early as possible. He noted that diseases that are detected…
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Mr Peter Yeboah, Executive Director for the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) has called partnership at the international, national and local levels to ensure that all people and communities have access to quality health services…
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A total of 114 newly registered over-the-counter medicine sellers from 11 Municipalities and Districts in the Upper West Region have been trained by the Pharmacy Council in Wa. The training comes after the Council sensitized the public…
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