Government has decided to distribute all 275 ambulances in January 2020, Minister for Special Development Initiative, Mavis Hawa Koomson has said. The reason, she explained, is to ensure a fair distribution of the ambulances across all 275 constituencies in the country. The first 48 ambulances, which arrived months ago are parked at the forecourt of […]
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for West Gonja, Mr Saeed Muhazu Jibril, has stopped water tankers from drawing water from a dam in the area over suspicions that it may have been poisoned following the change of colour of the water and the large-scale death of the dam’s fauna. Some residents of Damongo, the capital […]
Medicals doctors are threatening to embark on strike next week if government fails to address their concerns over new service conditions. “A one-week window is hereby offered Government (MoH) that is, if by 1800 hours GMT on 17th November 2019, the Conditions of Service Document for Medical Doctors/Dentists working with the Ministry of Health and […]
A report by the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Interior is recommending the decriminalization of the possession and use of marijuana (wee). “Ghana needs to take a cue from other progressive countries and consider alternatives to punishment or incarceration of people who use the drug and other alternatives to ending the criminalization of people who […]
President of Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG) Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) chapter, Mr. Raphael Apetorgbor has called on student leaders to get involved in the fight against breast cancer in the country. He said students leaders would be able to influence government on implementation of policies towards tackling the menace. […]
Sixteen-year-old Leticia Vidza from Cape Coast who lost her sight four years ago, resulting in the curtailment of her education, has had her sight restored. This followed a 30-minute surgery performed by a team of American and Ghanaian doctors to remove cataract from both eyes at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH). The eye specialists […]
The people of Osu and its environs have heaved a sigh of relief following the commissioning of the newly renovated and refurbished Osu government maternity home by the first lady, Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo. The renovation and refurbishment of the facility a project of The Rebecca Foundation comes after eighty-nine years of near maintenance-abandon, with […]
A consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology has emphasized that pregnancy is not a disease and that a life should not be lost while a life is being given. Speaking at the launch of the 11th Health Week celebration of the University Of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences (UCCMSA), he encouraged expectant mothers to seek […]
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 […]
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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 […]
