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37 Military Hospital Provides Free Care for Explosion Survivors
The 37 Military Hospital is taking care of 40 persons injured in Saturday evening's inferno at the Atomic Junction in Accra.
Two persons, according to hospital authorities, are in a very critical condition.
Brigadier General Ernest…
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Nurses’ Allowance Restoration to be Celebrated
The government has indicated that it will go ahead to celebrate the return of the nurses' trainee allowance policy following its cancellation by the erstwhile administration.
The launch of the restoration of the nurses’ trainee…
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Mental Health Patients Get Support
As part of plans to strengthen mental health delivery in the country, all district hospitals are expected to receive 10 beds for patients with mental illnesses.
Mr. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, Minister of Health has stated that the government is…
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Inconsistencies in Medicine Prices Collapsing NHIS-Health Minister
The Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has called on the Stakeholders involved in the procurement of medicines to have a clean and consistent Transaction Price Database.
According to him, this is needed to help sustain the supply…
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First Global Pledge to End Cholera By 2030
Health officials from around the world are meeting in France to commit to preventing 90% of cholera deaths by 2030.
The disease, which is spread through contaminated water, kills about 100,000 people every year.
It is the first time…
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Gov’t to Launch Restoration of Allowance for Nursing Trainees
Government has announced it will on Tuesday, October 10, 2017, launch the restoration of the monthly allowance for trainee nurses.
The allowance which was cancelled by the Mahama administration in 2014 became a key element of the…
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Report Breast Cancer Cases Early – First Lady Advices Women
The First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has said that Ghana may suffer an upsurge in Breast Cancer deaths if cases are not reported to health centres on time.
According to Mrs Akufo-Addo, the projection of false…
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GHS Cries Over Inadequate Eye Doctors
The Head of Eye Care at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr James Addy has expressed great worry over the scarcity of eye care specialists in the country.
According to him, the lack of adequate eye care specialists is affecting eye care…
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New Deputy Agric Minister Wades Into Armyworms Controversy
The yet-to-be vetted deputy minister-nominee for Agric Kennedy Osei Nyarko has waded into the controversial armyworm saga claiming the pests have been defeated.
The Akim Swedru Member of Parliament told Starr News’ Ibrahim Alhassan…
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My Husband Left when I Lost my Breast – Cancer survivor
Breast cancer survivor, Raheema Quaye, has disclosed her husband kicked her and their children out of their matrimonial home after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Narrating the incident to Morning Starr host, Francis Abban, Mrs.…
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