HEALTH

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 …

A 45-bed maternity and children’s wing in the Bole District Hospital has been officially opened and presented to the Bole Community in the Savanna Region by former president John Mahama and his wife, Lordina. In a festive ceremony on Tuesday, the couple, who are commemorating their 30th wedding anniversary, built …

About 87 hospitals are being built as part of the government’s Agenda 111 project, according to Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. He claims that the majority of the sites have contractors working on around 87 of the anticipated 111, which are all in various levels of completion. He stated that “we …

According to the Ghana Health Service(GHS), mining pits may serve as bats’ primary breeding sites, which are known to carry the Marburg virus. Research has indicated that these trenches are home to bats, according to the GHS. Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the director general of the Ghana Health Service, stated: “We …

On Monday, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President, officially unveiled the National Electronic Pharmacy Platform (NEPP) in Accra. The national ePharmacy, the first national-scale ePharmacy platform in Africa, is a digital convergence of authorized pharmacies throughout the nation. It will allow Ghanaians to have access to prescribed medications and buy …

The Health Sector Unions and Professional Association which comprises of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Health Services Workers’ Union (HSWU) has served notice to strike by 22 July 2022 if their demand for 20 per cent Cost of Living Allowance is not granted. …

Ahafo Regional Minister George Yaw Boakye on Wednesday cut the sod for the construction of Asunafo South District hospital, under the government’s flagship program dubbed ‘Agenda 111’ at Kukuom, in the Ahafo region. Four local contractors, Chrisotu Construction, Tripple Key Company limited, Huntspoint Properties, and Close Munbers Construction, received the 60-bed …