HEALTH

The Local Government Service says it would be unable to employ some 500 unemployed School of Hygiene (SoH) graduates until it receives financial clearance from the Finance Ministry. Graduates of the SoH across the country on Tuesday,…
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Dr Sybil Pentsil, a Paediatric Academic Hospitalist, has urged healthcare facilities in the country to take a cue from the medical mishap in Kenya, which resulted in a brain surgery being performed on the wrong patient. She said there was…
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The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has rubbished as untrue allegations by the Minority in Parliament that the Authority is diverting funds meant for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to pay allowances of trainee…
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A medical outreach programme to provide free medical care for underprivileged Ghanaians has been launched in Accra. The outreach programme which was launched last Sunday at the Kempinski Gold Coast City in Accra was dubbed “Restoring…
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AngloGold Ashanti through the Iduapriem Community Trust Fund has commissioned the Wangarakrom Health Centre which has been named “Nana Kobina Angu II Health Centre.” It was constructed at a cost of GH¢677,000.00 on a land donated by the…
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Acting Upper West Regional Minister Amidu Chinnia Issahaku, has called for the stepping up of advocacy on mental health to protect the rights of mental health patients. Their human rights should not continue to be violated at homes and…
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The Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH), the only referral facility in the Central Region has instituted a new policy whereby expectant and new mothers as well as their babies will be provided with nurses solely responsible for them to…
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The Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health with support from Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company has presented assorted items to the Ghana Health Service and implementing partners to step up immunization in the Volta Region. The items; motorbikes,…
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Professor Margaret Gyapong, Director, Centre for Health Policy and Implementation Research, has asked health professionals to endeavour to understand the “language” of patients. She said sometimes, patients visited health facilities not…
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The Minority in Parliament has condemned government for diverting the funds meant for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to pay allowances of trainee nurses. It has also accused the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) of…
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