HEALTH

N/R: Poliovirus detected in two districts – Reg’l Health Directorate

May 26, 2022

Poliovirus has been discovered in parts of the Sagnerigu Municipality and the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region, the Deputy Northern Regional Director in charge of Public Health, Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Hilarious Abiwu, has said. The virus was discovered during routine surveillance carried out by the Northern Regional Health Directorate. Currently, samples Continue Reading

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COA re-launch: Gov’t to support local pharma industry to attain WHO standards – Kyerematen

May 26, 2022

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Alan Kwadwo Keremanten, has announced plans by the government to use the development of the local pharmaceutical industry to reduce imports into the country. Mr Kyerematen made this announcement in a keynote address at the relaunch of the COA immune booster mixture in Accra. He said Ghana is […]Continue Reading

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No nurse is a crocodile – Tafo gov’t hospital

May 26, 2022

The Tafo Government Hospital in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, has denied claims that a student nurse turned into crocodile at the facility. It follows rumours that a pregnant staff nurse collapsed after the student nurse transmogrified into the green reptile. According to reports, the student nurse had been sent by the pregnant nurse to buy her […]Continue Reading

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Maker’s House Chapel to do free health screening Saturday

May 23, 2022

Maker’s House Chapel International is to do free health screening as part of its corporate social responsibility. This year’s community health screening initiative is in partnership with the Gold Coast Medical Foundation. The screening is targeted at bringing quality health screening services to the people of the Ga East Municipality and Dome-Kwabenya Constituency in Continue Reading

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NHIS’ claim of 99.5% health coverage killing private health insurance – Acacia Health Insurance CEO

May 23, 2022

The high cost of capital in Ghana as well as the claim by the National Health Insurance Scheme that it covers almost 100 per cent of health care needs in the country, is curtailing the growth of the private health insurance industry, the Chief Executive Officer of Acacia Health Insurance Limited, Dr Dan Armooh has […]Continue Reading

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Royalhouse Chapel Women’s Ministry Rescues Nursing Mothers

May 23, 2022

The Royalhouse Chapel International, through its women’s ministry, ‘Royal Ladies’ has organized a nationwide initiative to discharge over 50 mothers who were unable to pay for their hospital bills after delivery. Dubbed the ‘Baby Project,’ the local assemblies of the Church across the country visited health facilities within their localities and paid the hospital bills Continue Reading

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IT Consortium’s fundraiser app Chango, raises GHS 67,500 for National Cardiothoracic Center

May 20, 2022

  IT Consortium, one of Ghana’s premier Fintech companies, has used its Chango app, a crowdfunding platform, to raise an amount of GHS67,500 cedis in support of the National Cardiothoracic Centre at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The Chango app, which is available on the PlayStore and Apple Store, allows individuals and organizations […]Continue Reading

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98% of calls to emergency centre are pranks – Ambulance Service

May 20, 2022

The Emergency Medical Technologists Association of Ghana, EMTAG, has charged the public to desist from pranking the emergency dispatch call centre. According to the head of the National Ambulance Dispatch Centre, Madam Matilda Nartey, 98 percent of daily calls received at the centre are prank calls. Madam Matilda Nartey made this known in a Citi News […]Continue Reading

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Ghana Medical & Dental Council celebrates Board Chairman Prof. Nyame on his 82nd birthday

May 20, 2022

The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) has sent a special message to the Chairman of its 10th board, Prof. Paul Kwame Nyame, on the occasion of his 82nd birthday on Friday, May 20th, 2022. The MDC’s Registrar, Dr. Divine Banyubala, signed the message on behalf of the council to celebrate Prof. Nyame for his contribution […]Continue Reading

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Family of pillion rider shot wants police to pay for her medical bills

May 20, 2022

The family of Talata Kologo, the pillion rider shot by a police officer on the Tamale-Bolgatanga road, has bemoaned the attitude of the Upper East Regional police towards her treatment. They say the police must support the payment of her medical bills after shooting her. The Brother of the victim, Godwin Kologo, told Citi News […]Continue Reading