The Bone Marrow Transplantation Ghana and the Sickle Cell Foundation Clinic of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital has taken delivery of the first-ever Apheresis Machine in Ghana to aid in better treatment of sickle cell disease. The Machine works in harvesting marrow of a compatible donor without subjecting the person to anaesthesia, processes it and […]
A New Jersey hospital accidentally gave a kidney to the wrong patient, officials have said. The transplant was intended for another person with the same name and of a similar age. Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden said both patients have now received transplants and are doing well. The mistake was discovered a […]
BestNewsGH.com can confirm that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr. Patrick Kuma Aboagye as the new Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, following the withdrawal of the appointment of Dr. Baffuor Awuah. Dr. Aboagye who until his appointment was the Director of Family Health at the Ghana Health Service, thus takes over from […]
There was a rich artistic display at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) last Friday when the school held a ‘Self-Care’ programme for students. Participants were also schooled on the techniques of painting and given the chance to watch the world blockbuster movie titled “Black Panther”. The students were also taken through […]
In a major step in the fight against Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the world’s first-ever vaccine against Ebola. The drug, called Ervebo and manufactured by MERCK pharmaceuticals, was being used in an experimental phase in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But now the WHO says there is sufficient evidence that shows […]
The Finance Minister has disclosed to parliament that the ruling government has through the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) purchased 307 ambulances for distributions to the various districts across the country. Delivering the 2020 budget statement on Wednesday November 14, 2019, the Minister through IPEP, some 200 dams have been completed with some others […]
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 […]
