HEALTH

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has criticised the growing trend of health professional graduates resorting to picketing at the Health Ministry to demand financial clearance and posting. He said…
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Ninety-two persons are being monitored by the Ghana Health Service for signs of Lassa fever after having physical contact with the victim of the first case of the disease detected in Ghana. The 92 comprised of health workers of the Tema…
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Professor Frederick K. Addai, Head of Anatomy, University of Ghana Medical School has encouraged the public to consume cocoa products because it helps prevent malaria. According to the Professor, the consumption of cocoa kills the…
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A 42-year-old man and two women have been arrested for allegedly practising as a doctor, a nurse and a laboratory technician at a clinic at Akwamu, near Nsawam, without qualification and licences. They were arrested while they were…
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The Ghana Health Service has heightened surveillance in the Volta Region following the confirmation of the first Lassa Fever case in the country at the Tema General Hospital. Dr Ofori Yeboah, Deputy Director of Health Services in charge…
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Pregnant women in Assin Anhweansu and surrounding villages in the Assin North District of the Central Region avoid seeking medical care at the only health post in the area because they are sometimes treated in the open. The women say…
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The poor state of the only health facility at Assin Anhweansu in the Assin district of the Central region is affecting health delivery in the area with many pregnant women preferring to stay at home than seek medical care until they deliver…
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Maternal death rate at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), in the Ashanti Region has increased according to hospital officials. Latest figures from the hospital show that over 1,200 out of 100,00 women died during child birth in…
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The Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman Manu has revealed that the abuse of Tramadol has increased in the Kintampo South constituency of the Brong-Ahafo Region. This information, according to him had been gathered by a market…
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Government has announced that it intends to extend the current maternity leave to enable nursing mothers stay home a little longer. Currently, the constitution allows women to stay home for only 12 weeks after delivery. Speaking at an…
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