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 […]
Some aggrieved members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) who have been at the forefront of calling for financial accountability from the leadership of the Association are pushing for a review or amendment of the constitution of the Association. They want specific clauses and provisions incorporated in the constitution to compel leadership […]
The Member of Parliament for the Assin Central constituency in the Central Region, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has donated medical equipment to Assin Foso Polyclinic to help boost health care delivery. The items include microscope autoclave machines, Blood Bank refrigerator, 10 set of beds and chairs as well as refrigerators, baby Scale machines and other Theater […]
The Coalition of Unemployed Nurses has described as blatant falsehood, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s assertion that some nurse assistants who were employed belongs to the tranches that passed their exams in 2016 from government health training institutions and have commenced work by 1st February, 2019. According the group, the president per the announcement has […]
Some aggrieved Members of the Ghana Registered Nursed and Midwives Association (GRNMA) are up in arms against the leadership of the Association, demanding full accountability for their monies and levies they have collected so far. According to them, failure to do so will culminate in their refusal to accept and pay new levies being rolled […]
The Chief Executive Officer of McDan Group of Companies, Dr. Daniel McKorley together with the Founder of Think-tank Danquah Institute (DI), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko have gone to the rescue of a young boy who nearly lost his life after accidentally drinking caustic soda, thinking it was water. The duo paid for the surgery of the […]
Tension is currently very high within the ranks of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) following the inability of the leadership of the Association to account for a colossal 2.2 Million Ghana Cedis lodged in its accounts. BestNewsGH.com is informed that a national budget surplus of 4 Million Ghana Cedis for 2016, turned […]
