HEALTH

Management of the Ghana Police Hospital has announced its decision to undertake a mass burial of some 150 bodies which have been left unidentified in its morgue. The hospital has therefore made a solemn call to relatives of unclaimed and…
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The Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Joseph Tetteh, has advised all Senior High School heads in the Eastern Region to report all strange diseases to the appropriate health authorities in the Region. In 2017, a number of senior high…
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The once frightening HIV and AIDs epidemic which ravaged its victims beyond recognition and sent them to their early grave is no longer scary as it used to be especially with the emergence of the epidemic in the 1980s. In those days,…
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The Electricity Company of Ghana in the Volta Region has donated assorted items worth hundreds of Cedis to cured Lepers in Ho. The items, which include; bags of maize, rice, beans, gari, vegetable cooking oil and toiletries, were to mark…
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The Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, has built a GH₵900,000.00 oxygen plant to assure the facility of adequate supply of the vital chemical element to save lives. The project was financed from its internally generated funds (IGF).…
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Barima Sarpong, Communications Manager for the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIS) has said the life expectancy rate of Ghanaians is now 67 years owing to the National Heath Insurance Scheme (NHIS). According to him, the scheme…
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The Peki Government Hospital in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region urgently needs an emergency unit and an upgrade of its theatre to enable the facility to deal swiftly with critical cases. The hospital, which is one of two…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has said that it intends to strictly enforce the regulations which prevent manufacturers of alcoholic products from advertising their products on radio and television between the hours of 6am and 8pm.…
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The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), a health experts body, spearheading the fight against cancer, has selected Kumasi to be part of the ‘City Cancer Challenge (C/Can) 2025’ project. This makes it the first city in Africa…
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The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has introduced a Bachelor of Science Programme in Community Health, the first to be run in the country. Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso, Vice-Chancellor of the University, said…
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