Health

Wa, Ghana – A sizeable chunk of the hordes of child-patients who troop to the 200-bed capacity Wa Regional Hospital in the Upper West Region for medical attention end up being treated on the bare floor due to lack of adequate beds, Wa-based Home Radio 99.7FM has reported.According to Mr …

Tamale, Ghana – One of Ghana’s leading corporate social responsibility investors, MTN Ghana – has mobilized 669 people to donate blood for the Tamale Teaching Hospital and other key health facilities in the Tamale Metropolis and Sagnarigu Municipality. Mainly students from the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale Technical University …

Wa, Ghana – The Wa Municipal Coordinator for Mental Health in the Upper West Region, Sylvester Basagnia, has dispelled misconceptions that the condition is contagious. He appealed to Ghanaians to support people with the condition when they have a seizure noting that they are not at risk of becoming epileptic when …

Wa, Ghana – An inmate at the Wa Central Prisons (name withheld) has called on the people of the Upper West Region to support the infirmary at the Wa Central Prisons with drugs. He said inmates with various health conditions in the prisons may be faced with a situation of relapse …

Tamale, Ghana – Hundreds of residents of Tamale, capital of the Northern Region over the weekend, participated in a 10 kilometre health walk as part of activities lined up to announce the birth of “Ghana Lifestyle Awards”. Alongside the health walk, there was also a free medical screening for all …

Jinfranu, Ghana – A 60 year old farmer Adam Natomah, has shot to death his wife at Jinfranu in the North Gonja District of the Northern Region. The man who shot himself in the neck after killing the wife was rushed to the West Gonja District hospital at Damongo alongside …

Damongo, Ghana – Mr Abu Kamara whose name is at the centre of a controversy over who becomes the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Manager for the West Gonja District of the Northern Region, has said his letter of employment did not say he is the Manager of the scheme. …

Wa, Ghana – The Head of Planning, Research and Training at the Upper West Regional Health Director, Richard Basadi, has urged women in the region to walk into health facilities in the region to request for safe abortion. He said though he was not encouraging abortion among young girls, but …

Medical Drones to Supply Blood and blood products / Essential Medical drugs My Take I will try to fashion my discussion around the 3-Delays concept of causes of maternal mortality ( Why pregnant women die!), it can be applied to all other group of patients / causes of mortalities. So …

AFRICA CENTRE FOR HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS (ACH-PRA) was very much elated to hear Ghana’s Vice President, Dr. Mahamud Bawumia promised to introduce the use of trending technology (drones) in the delivery of health service in remote areas of Ghana. This is a clear indication that the Vice President …