Health

Tamale, Ghana – The Electronic Waste Management in Ghana (E-MAGIN) Project consortium has held Regional Workshops in the Brong-Ahafo and Northern Regions of Ghana. The workshops were aimed at providing information to e-waste/scrap dealers, Ghana Electronics Servicing Technicians Association (GESTA) on the E-MAGIN Project and also sensitize them on issues …

Bole, Ghana – A Bole based pressure group called Constituency Watch Bole-Bamboi in collaboration with Bole based Nkilgi FM are organising the first ever demonstration in Bole next Saturday 14th July, 2018 and have already notified the police in Bole. The demonstration is against the Bole District Director of Ghana …

Accra, Ghana – A medical doctor at the Asamankese District Hospital, Dr Eshun, has said on authority that ambulance drivers demand “money for fuel” from families of patients in need of emergency care before they transport them to hospitals.If no such money is paid, the ambulance drivers leave the patient …

Accra, Ghana – Some 30 sub-standard ambulances procured by the Ministry of Health under the Mahama administration, are to be converted into minibuses and used for public transport, Mr Simon Kewura, Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Ambulance Service, has said.The faulty ambulances which are currently sitting idle at …

Accra, Ghana – Politicians in Ghana must be blocked from seeking health care abroad, Dr Frank Serebour, Vice-President of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), has said.According to him, governments over the years have failed to prioritise health in Ghana in order to deal with the challenges bedeviling the sector.To this …

A few years ago, a local doctor in Ghana drew my wife Nane’s and my attention to the devastating impact that snakebites were having on his community. We were shocked to learn that snakebite kills between 81,000 and 138,000 people globally every year, with many more suffering lasting mental and …

Accra, Ghana – An Emergency Physician/Sonologist at the Sinel Specialist Hospital in Tema, Dr Boanerges Kwashie Nkosana Nartey, has advised against the consumption of Genetically Modified (GM) food products as they have the potential to cause cancers. The medical practitioner said nearly 40 per cent of diet causes cancers, and …

Tamale, Ghana – Three months after New Patriotic Party vigilante group in Tamale, The Kandahar Boys, caused the Director General of Ghana Health Service to sanction the newly posted Northern Regional Health Director, Dr. Samuel Quarshie, conditions at the health facility are rapidly declining. From the disconnection of water supply …

Wa, Ghana – Preterm babies and other newborn babies with complications have had their survival chances greatly boosted following the inauguration of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for the Upper West Regional Hospital in Wa. Equipment of the newborn care facility was acquired with the support of a private …

Tamale, Ghana – The Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has urged herbalists who claim to have a cure for HIV/AIDS to make available their herbal preparations for scientific testing or desist from deceiving the public that they had found a cure for the disease. Such tests, it said, would determine the …