The Heart Centre of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) has successfully conducted its first surgery on a beating heart. The surgery, otherwise known as Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass, was performed on two adults, a 70-year-old retired teacher and a 67-year-old businesswoman, who were among six patients who underwent complex cardiac surgical procedures at […]
The celebrated heart surgeon and founder of the National Cardiothoracic Center, Professor Frimpong-Boateng has thrown his weight behind Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital’s decision to increase the price of dialysis which backfired after public uproar. According to him, the inputs needed for dialysis are very expensive and without any increase or subsidy, it cannot be sustained. Even […]
The country is expected to fund fully its national immunisation programme with domestic funds by the close of 2030. This has been necessitated by the country’s attainment of a middle-income status and the subsequent drying up of funds from the development partners (DPs). The Global Vaccine Alliance, GAVI, has been supporting the country’s immunisation programme […]
The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has announced that a proposed price adjustment for renal dialysis services has not yet been approved by the management of the hospital. A notice by the hospital went viral on social media earlier in the week, indicating that the cost of renal dialysis had been increased from GHS¢380 to GHS¢765.42. […]
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has covered the bills of 226 child cancer patients since June last year. Following the addition of four childhood cancers to the list of ailments covered under the national health financing scheme in June 2022, 136 children with cancers visited designated health facilities between June and December last year, […]
Air pollution has been identified as a contributor to the growing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Accra, making it a major public health concern in the capital. The revelation, established by an investigation by the University of Ghana on clean air in Accra, mentioned the NCDs of concern to include lung cancer, chronic ischaemic heart diseases […]
The country has now transitioned into a more aggressive phase to eliminate malaria, a leading cause of death. The Ghana Health Service (GHS), which announced this yesterday, said the decision followed significant progress made in the control of the epidemic and lessons learnt over the years. Malaria prevalence had reduced from 27.5 per cent in […]
The 37 Military Hospital has issued a public service announcement regarding a forthcoming mass burial exercise for unidentified and unclaimed bodies in its morgue. The hospital authorities highlighted the need to address the issue as the accumulation of these bodies has caused congestion and hindered the efficiency of day-to-day operations at the facility. According to […]
A child-centered organisation, Child Rights International (CRI), has described as disturbing a recent data from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) that indicates that 50,000 infants lose their lives every year due to birth asphyxia. The organisation, has therefore, called for a probe to identify the underlying and related causes of deaths to inform policy decisions […]
An in-depth investigation is currently ongoing to establish the extent of black fly breeding sites or sources within the La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipality and Dawhenya in the Greater Accra Region. The effort at La Nkwantanang is being spearheaded by the Environmental Health and Sanitation Unit of the municipal assembly to enable the government and its agencies […]
A former Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority (MHA), Professor Akwasi Osei has urged the government to hasten slowly on the legal cultivation of cannabis in large quantities. To him, if care is not taken, people will cultivate the dangerous cannabis along side the one needed for medicinal purposes due to lack of […]
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) hit an active membership of 17.2 million by the end of 2022, representing approximately 55 per cent of the population. The figure is the highest membership of the scheme at any particular period. At a news conference in Accra last Friday, the Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance […]
