HEALTH

The Ashanti Region is seeing a growing rabies outbreak, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). By health facilities in the Region, four of these instances and one probable case have been confirmed thus far, with a case fatality rate of 100 percent as of Monday, September 12, 2022. Asante …

Eyram King Dotse, a certified licensed dietician at the Accra Regional Hospital, has said that certain vendors of fruits inject them with formalin to keep them fresh for a longer period of time. Earlier, during the health check section of GTV’s Breakfast Show, which Ghanatodayonline.com was watching, he made this …

According to the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), the Ghana card will soon replace all other forms of identification when receiving treatments through the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in facilities with credentials. When interacting with a variety of media in his office, Authority Chief Executive Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye …

According to regional minister for the Ashanti region Simon Osei Mensah, as part of the present administration’s development agenda, the number of doctors has increased by 93%. The Minister revealed that there were 103 physicians in the area in 2016. But the number has gone from 103 to 218 doctors, …

According to Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, the Presidential Advisor on Health, the government will not hesitate to cancel the contracts of contractors who put off finishing the Agenda 111 hospitals. According to Dr. Nsiah Asare, the government will follow the schedules set forth for the construction of all hospitals. He …

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) decided to hire Senior High School (SHS) graduates to help nurses in Community Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compounds. The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) objected. The association claims that YEA has no motive to enroll SHS graduates while there is already a …

The Ghana Police Service, Ghana Health Service, and other important partners have been contacted by mortuary assistants at the Bibiani government hospital in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North region to make it possible to discharge dead bodies that have been piled up at the morgue for …

The head of the Adansi South ambulance service department, a young man, reportedly committed suicide. Since the majority of these suicide scenarios and the quotes that go along with them have been shown to be faked after careful examination and inquiry, the circumstances surrounding his death are still being looked …

A project to remove homeless, mentally ill, or insane people from the streets of Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti region, has been started by the Willing Ways Foundation Ghana in collaboration with the Ashanti Regional Mental Health Authority under the supervision of the Regional Health directorate. This comes after …

Hon. Kingsley Nyarko, the representative for the residents of Kwadaso Constituency in the Ashanti Region, delivered a hematological analyzer machine and computers to Apatrapa Government Hospital today, Wednesday, August 10, 2022. Speaking to the media, Hon. Kingsley revealed that he spent Gh35,000 for the hematological analyzer machine in addition to …