HEALTH

The government has come out with yet more assurances over the operationalization of the idle $217million University of Ghana Medical Center. This is despite the initial assurance that a concrete announcement on the resolution of the…
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The nationwide intermittent shortages of mental health drugs is retarding the recovery process of patients in the Brong-Ahafo Region, investigation by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) has revealed. The shortages of psychiatric medication also…
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More teenagers are getting pregnant in the Amansie West District, a development, that has become a huge worry for the health authorities and policy-decision makers in the area. One hundred and eighty (180) teenage pregnancies were seen…
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At least two patients on admission at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra say their mobile phones have been stolen from their bedside while they were asleep. The patients say they were shocked to discover that their phones had been stolen…
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Despite Group of Companies, Dr Osei Kwame Despite has once again swung his wand of love—blessing on the 37 Military Hospital with an ultra-modern health facility which would cater for the oncological…
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The Central Regional Health Directorate has identified eclampsia as the leading cause of maternal deaths in the region. Eclampsia is a condition in which one or more convulsions occur in a pregnant woman suffering from high blood…
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A two-unit semi-detached fully-furnished two bedroom house to serve as accommodation for health workers at Kasuliyili Community Clinic in the Tolon District of the Northern Region has been inaugurated. The facility, located on the same…
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The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Saturday cleared filth at the London Market in Accra. Mr Sam Ayeh-Datey, the AMA Coordinating Director who led in the exercise called on the inhabitants to undertake regular clean-up exercises to…
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New registrations onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the Fanteakwa District has temporally been halted due to break down of registration equipment. Prospective registrants who want to get their names onto the National…
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The Cancer Society of Ghana has pledged its preparedness to work with other partners in the sector to improve quality of cancer data for public health use, increase access to early detection and accurate cancer diagnosis. It is also…
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