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, […]
The parents of a critically ill man have expressed heartfelt appreciation to the Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, for his timely intervention that saved the young man’s life. Abdulai Harisu Boresa was bedridden at Korle Bu hospital with kidney problems in 2018, with officials recommending foreign treatment as the last resort to […]
Cigarette smoking kills about 75 men a week in Ghana, making it an ongoing dire public health threat. This translates into 3,900 men who die from the harmful effects of cigarette smoking each year. 425,000 Men smoke cigarette each day Even though fewer men smoke in Ghana than on average in high-income countries, there are […]
A Consultant Urologist at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has revealed about 50 percent of Ghanaian men, may fail at getting a woman pregnant. Speaking at the Joy Business Health and Wellness Trade Show in Accra, Dr Mathew Yamoah Kyei said, many of the problems of infertility in the country may be the fault of […]
Malaria has been eliminated from Algeria and Argentina, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, an important milestone in fighting the mosquito-borne disease. WHO said there were now 38 countries and territories that have been declared free of the disease, which has been making a comeback globally. “Algeria has shown the rest of Africa that malaria […]
