HEALTH

An emergency unit at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) which was refurbished at millions of dollars at the expense of the taxpayer is still lying idle four years after it was handed over. The Chief Executive of the hospital, Dr Felix…
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The Food and Drugs Authority , has commenced investigations into the death of five persons who passed away after eating a meal of banku and okro soup at Akakpokope (Aka-Kpo-Kofe), in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region. Four…
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Several southern African states have banned processed meat from South Africa after it said it had identified the source of a food poisoning outbreak. The government blamed the sausage known as polony for the listeria poisoning that has…
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Supermarkets in South Africa have been clearing a popular sausage from the shelves after it was blamed for a food poisoning outbreak behind 180 deaths. The government identified the cold meat polony as the source of the listeria poisoning…
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Government, through the Ministry of Health, is engaging various stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry to help reduce the prices of medicines on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) list by some 30 per cent. The move forms…
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More than 500 senior doctors in Kenya’s biggest referral hospital have boycotted work, demanding the reinstatement of their colleague who was suspended for performing brain surgery on the wrong patient. Sammy Oroko, the chairman of the…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has blamed the sudden death of four people who consumed local dish banku in the Volta region on the corn dough which was used for the meal. According to the FDA, even though they are to test the corn…
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Women with bigger waists relative to their hips are at more risk of heart attacks than men of a similar “apple shape”, research from the George Institute for Global Health says. The study showed waist-to-hip ratio to be a better heart…
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has begun investigations into the alleged mistreatment of the bodies of late Afro dancehall diva, Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng known in showbiz as Ebony Reigns and her friend Franky Kuri, captured in a video.…
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Giant doses of steroids don’t help kids control asthma flareups and might stunt their growth, researchers reported Saturday. And they barely help adults, either, according to a pair of reports published in the New England Journal of…
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