HEALTH

The Graduate Physician Assistants Association of Ghana has made hints that it may go on strike in response to what it sees as prejudice towards its field. The association accuses the government of weakening the profession of physician assistants. The group claims that rather than advancing the profession, “they stopped …

The construction of a 100-bed district hospital for the Ashanti Region’s Ejura Sekyeredumase District has officially started thanks to Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia’s groundbreaking ceremony. The hospital, which is being built as part of the government’s flagship Agenda 111 Projects program, is expected to have cutting-edge equipment, including X-rays, medical …

The Bill empowers the Ministry of Interior to grant a license for the cultivation of cannabis for industrial and medicinal purposes. The Supreme Court struck out provisions in the Narcotic Control Commission Act that allowed for the cultivation of certain kinds of cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes arguing that …

The Ranking Member on Health Committee in Parliament and Member of Parliament (MP) for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandah has called on government to release funds to Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to perform their functions efficiently. He explains that, there are several food products and drugs on Ghanaian market which …

The first Agenda 111 facility’s construction is proceeding slowly and according to plan in Trede in the Atwima Kwanwoman District of the Ashanti region. With the majority of the physical structures in place, the facility is starting to take shape. The job is proceeding according to the contractor’s report. This …

Three contractors’ contracts for the Agenda 111 hospital projects in the Ashanti region have been terminated by the government. At Kunsu in the Ahafo Ano South-West District, Manso Adubia in the Amansie South District, and Nsuta in the Sekyere Central District of the Ashanti Region, the contractors were working on …

Following the recent severe rains last week, Wassa Amenfi East Member of Parliament Hon. Nicholas Amankwah visited certain places in his municipality that were hit by floods. Many people of flooded districts in Wassa Amenfi East have lamented the constant flooding in Wassa Akropong, the municipal center of the Western …

Following Wednesday’s downpour, four people who drowned in separate incidences have had their bodies found in various locations in the Ashanti Region. On June 21st at night, three persons perished at Atafoa, Sepaase, and Tafo. When he dove into the river to look for the deceased on June 22nd, the …

In the Assin South District of the Central Region, at Assin Kruwa, a 22-year-old Mobile Money vendor committed suicide. On June 8, 2023, about 3 PM, the dead, Abdul Rahman Acquah, left his house and was never seen again. The community members performed a thorough search, but their efforts turned …

On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, President Akufo-Addo commissions the recently built structure, which will house the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital’s Department of Psychiatry. Squadron Leader Melody Danquah, a trailblazing woman who made history as the first female military pilot in sub-Saharan Africa in the 1960s, is honored by this magnificent structure, which …