Residents of Princess Town, a farming community in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region, have described as unhealthy the fact that both male and female patients who are
NPA Assists Korle-Bu Burns Unit With Gh¢1m
Moses Asaga (left), Dr Ampomah (right) and Gilbert Buckle (2nd right) breaking wall for the official commencement of the rehabilitation of the unit The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has given
Pharmacists Leave Hospital Empty
A patient leaving the Ridge Regional Hospital after he was told the pharmacists were on strike The Government and Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA) yesterday began the total vacation of their
13 Traders Fined For Sanitation Offences
Thirteen traders were fined on Saturday by a joint sanitation task force of the La-Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly (LaNMMA) and the police for various sanitation offences during the national clean-up exercise
Korle-Bu Operates More Fibroid Cases
Dr Theodore Boafor, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), has disclosed that the medical entity conducts three to five fibroid surgeries daily. He said fibroid cases are on the
Gov’t Pharmacists Begin Indefinite Strike Nationwide
Pharmacists in state run health facilities will vacate their posts Monday to pressure government to resolve discrepancies in their market premium payment. The over 600 members of the Government Hospital
Ernest Opuni Undergoes Successful Surgery
Ernest Opuni and mother after the surgery With funds of $8,000 donated by Ghanaian and Dutch side FC Twente footballer, Shadrach Eghan, Ernest Opuni, a two-year-old hole-in-heart patient has successfully
Community Health Nurses Bare Teeth At Executives
From left: Joseph Ntsiful, Adombire Clinton and Eric Appiah, leaders of the group A group of nurses calling themselves the disgruntled members of the Community Health Nurses (CHN) Association have
Obama Appoints Ghanaian To Head US Cancer Board
A Ghanaian professor of Surgery and Pathology based in the United States of America (USA) has been appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the US National Cancer Advisory
Minister Steps Into Killer Fees
Alex Segbefia The Ministry of Health (MoH) has ordered nursing training institutions in the country that have charged unauthorised fees for the 2016/2017 academic year to refund the moneys to
Three Health Training School Heads Suspended
The heads of three health training institutions have been suspended for charging unapproved fees. The Health Ministry suspended the heads of Mampong Nurses and Midwifery College in the Ashanti Region,
Breastfeeding Boosts Kids Intelligence
A mother breastfeeding her baby Breastfeeding consistently has been associated with higher performance in intelligence tests in children and adolescents with a pooled increase of 3.4 IQ points. Presenting a
JISLAH Gives To Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Weija Leprosarium
Christopher Quaye (3rd right) joined by other staff of JISLAH to hand over the cash and items to representatives of the leprosarium A leading non-banking financial institution in Ghana, JISLAH