HEALTH

All 65 students and staff of Asamankese Senior High School (ASASSCO) quarantined for meningitis surveillance by the West Akyem Municipal Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have been discharged. They were put under…
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The Founder of the Mathew 25 House, an HIV and AIDS care centre, Reverend Monsignor Bobby Benson, has appealed to government to implement the disability bill to the latter to make life bearable for people living with disability. He said…
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From next year, the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua would focus on good customer care. This was declared by the Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr Kwame Anim Boamah at this year’s Nine Lessons and Carols and Award Night of the…
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Healthcare providers operating in the Agona East and Agona West administrative areas of the central region, have expressed their appreciation to government for settling  most outstanding debts owed them by the National Health Insurance…
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The Ghana Association of Public Health Technical Officers (GAPHTO) is calling for the establishment of a centre for disease control to help deal with epidemics or outbreaks in the long term. The Association in a statement urges the…
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The Greater Accra Regional Health Director is worried that too many young women become pregnant during Christmas. This was after a research established that a lot of young women take seed during the season. According to Dr Linda Van…
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has been called upon to increase education on good customer care, which should include sensitisation on the Patients’ Charter to ensure improved health care delivery for clients. This customer care…
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Mr Salifu Saeed, Northern Regional Minister, has urged the public to consciously reflect on the need to build, own and use improved toilet facilities in their homes to improve sanitation. He said sanitation was a matter of dignity,…
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The Dialysis Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), has received a hematology analyzer valued at GH¢ 30,000.00 to improve the quality of care. It was a donation from the MoneyLink Money Transfer Company and meant to aid the…
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Head of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Badu Sarkodie, has confirmed the arrival of the vaccines for H1N1 type A virus, otherwise known as Swine Flu. The vaccines, became urgently necessary after four students of the…
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