A total of 157 out of 225 foreign trained Ghanaian doctors have failed the Medical and Dental Council (MDC)’s examination which grants them the licences to practice in Ghana. Only 68, representing a 30.2 per cent pass rate, were able to prove their mettle in the examination conducted from February 22, 2019 to March 2, […]
The Deputy Minister for Health, Tina Naa Ayeley Mensah has urged unemployed private nurses to desist from picketing to demand employment as their action does not move the Ministry one bit. The Coalition of Unemployed Private Nurses (COUPN) has given the government a 10-day ultimatum to find its members jobs or face a demonstration. The […]
The Ministry of Planning has called for an inter-ministerial meeting to accelerate progress to tackle malnutrition in Ghana. The high-level meeting was to provide opportunity for the different ministries to better understand their roles and contributions to improving the nutrition status of all citizenry throughout their cycle and contribution to sustainable development. It was also […]
In ten working days, aggrieved privately trained nurses would demonstrate to the government that they have had enough. The nurses have spent more than four years idling at home but now find themselves at their wit’s end. “This is not fair,” one of them fumed in an interview with Joy News’ Roland Walker on the […]
An extremely malnourished child whose plight was shared on social media by some concerned citizens has received support from some public spirited individuals and is currently on admission at the Princess Marie Louis Hospital, otherwise known as the Children’s Hospital in Accra. Naa Adaku Addo Golda who published the plight of the child on her […]
The Wa Regional Hospital in the Upper West Regional Capital has been hit with a massive shortage of beds, particularly in the Children’s ward. The situation has culminated in children having to receive treatment on the bare floor for some time now. This website is reliably informed that the situation has persisted for some time […]
The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has refused to append their signature to a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) which was presented to them by the Minister for Health when they met to discuss their grievances. The mortuary workers who had earlier indicated their preparedness to embark on an indefinite strike action over poor working […]
The picture alleged to be that of a 10 month old baby starving to death in Kwahu West in the Eastern region is breaking the internet with some Ghanaians launching an appeal for support to rescue the said child. A Facebook user who shared the fate of the poor child said one Joseph B Danquah […]
By Jenny Hills, Nutritionist and Medical Writer The primary ingredients of most energy drinks are caffeine and sugar. Many energy drinks also contain aspartame, the artificial sweetener that has been linked to neurotoxic, metabolic, allergenic, fetal, and carcinogenic effects. Consumption of diet drinks is also linked to greater risk of dementia and stroke. Research published in the […]
Zipline, the world’s first national-scale drone delivery service, will begin the initial testing and diagnostic flights from its first distribution centre in Omenako in the Eastern Region in the first week of March. The test, which will be in two stages, will start with technical test, and at this stage, no delivery of medicinal supplies […]
The Mortuary Worker Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has served notice that its members across the country in government hospitals and health facilities will lay down their tools from March 6, 2019 in protest of poor working conditions. Its General Secretary, Richard Kofi Jordan speaking on Accra based okay Fm and monitored by BestNewsGH.com opined that […]
Regardless of the fact that the Central Region is the most peaceful in Ghana with its wonderful educational institutions and is also close to Accra, the seat of government, many medical doctors refuse postings there. Dr Alexis Nang-Beifubah, the Regional Health Director, disclosed that out of 13 doctors posted to the region last year, only […]
