By Sheila WILLIAMS Nestlé Ghana and the Ghana Journalists Association have entered a partnership to drive nutrition knowledge among Ghanaians. As part of the partnership, a special award category, on “Nutrition”, has been instituted for the 2019 annual excellence awards where an amount of GHS5,000 will be given as a prize for best nutrition story […]
Minister of Special Development Initiative, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has thrown a subtle jab at the opposition National Democratic Congress for their role in the procurement of some substandard ambulances. She said unlike the empty vans shipped to Ghana under the erstwhile John Mahama administration, her ambulance is like a clinic. “The ambulance is just like […]
Akosua Konadu Yiadom writes: 18+ amazing health benefits of Asaana & Bisap juice Did you know that, bisap juice can give you that Botox results? Did you know that, it’s a beauty plant? Asaana is made from corn and it’s called Caramelized corn juice or drink (juice + syrup, which basically is sugar solution) in […]
The woman was diagnosed with broken heart syndrome after mistaking wasabi for avocado dip. An Isreali woman was hospitalised with so-called “broken heart syndrome” after mistaking wasabi for avocado, according to a report recently detailed in a medical journal. The unusual story begins with a woman in her late 60s who attended a wedding. At the […]
The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has purchased 200 beds to help eliminate the “no bed syndrome” facing the facility. Speaking to Citi News, the board chairman of the facility, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye said the beds were acquired for the emergency ward. “We bought about 200 beds and also put in place a proper efficient bed […]
Hundreds of people in the UK are turning to private clinics for medical cannabis, BBC News has been told. Since its legalisation in November 2018, there have been very few, if any, prescriptions for medical cannabis containing THC on the NHS. And this has led some patients, with conditions such as epilepsy and MS, to […]
It’s certainly not hep, hep, hooray in Philadelphia. The City of Philadelphia has just declared a public health emergency due to a Hepatitis A outbreak. According to the World Health Organization (WHO, a disease outbreak is “the occurrence of disease cases in excess of normal expectancy.” What constitutes a Hepatitis A outbreak in Philadelphia? How about over […]
The Government of Cuba has accepted to train forty (40) brilliant but needy medical students a year from Zongo, inner city and other deprived communities in Ghana. This follows a proposal by the Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to the Government of Cuba to extend the special arrangement between the two countries […]
By Richard SEWU Residents of Tomefa in the Ga-South Municipal Assembly are calling on government to start operating a clinic which was established in their community two years ago. According to the residents, they do not know how long it would take government to start operating the clinic. They complained of travelling a long distance […]
By: Stephen ADDAI-BAAH Blood transfusion, the world over, is an indispensable component of healthcare. It contributes to saving lives every year in both routine and emergency situations. Blood transfusion dramatically improves the life expectancy and quality of life of patients with a variety of acute and chronic conditions. Patients who require transfusion as part of […]
GHANA experienced shortage of 111,000 units of blood in 2018, representing 39.7% of national demand. This means that thousands of Ghanaians with various health conditions that required blood transfusion died as a result of the non-availability of blood. 280,000 Units annual demand As of the end of last year, the national annual demand for blood […]
The number of pregnant wedding benefiting from Vscan Access Task Shifting Programme is expected to hit 1.5 million by 2020. The programme is being implemented by General Electric (GE) Healthcare, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The Vscan houses ultra-smart ultrasound technology that provides doctors with an immediate, […]
