President Akufo Addo has donated his November salary of 25,000.00 cedis to the Korlenu Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Fund as part of his contribution to resourcing the Fund to assist Ghanaians who may require plastic surgery. The President made the donation when he commissioned the National Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre of the Korle Bu […]
The Ghana Health Service has taken time to breakdown for easy assimilation, all the nagging questions about the drone medical supply initiative which is due to kickstart in 2019. These are frequently asked questions which have been simplified by the Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare. Ghana’s Ministry of Health […]
Claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Cassiel Ato Forson that government is going to purchase drones which should ordinarily cost about 100,000 dollars for 1 million dollars have turned out to be palpable lies and a figment of his own imagination. On Monday, 3rd December, 2018, Mr. Ato Forson made a spurious allegation […]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has described government’s intention to deploy the use of drones for medical deliveries as extremely useful, and has called on all Ghanaians to support the idea. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday 4th December, 2018, the Director General of the GHS, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare expressed worry over the continuous […]
Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has revealed that his colleague Members of Parliament ‘run away’ when they were asked to voluntarily go for the HIV/AIDS test. ‘’I even gave an example that sometime ago we went for a workshop in Koforidua and we invited the Aids Commission people to come and […]
Teva Pharmaceuticals has launched a voluntary recall into two drugs used to treat high blood pressure as yet more medications face concerns over a possible cancer risk. In a statement from Teva posted by the Food and Drug Administration, the recall affects all lots of combination tablets featuring the drugs amlodipine and valsartan and another combo drug featuring amlodipine, […]
The management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has set up a 5 member committee to investigate the issue of the infected HIV and syphilis blood that was allegedly sold to a patient who was on admission at Kean Health Centre in Kumasi. A statement issued by the hospital after reports of the said […]
Dr. Richard Seidu Abdul Rahaman a medical doctor who has taken to driving a taxi to earn a living has revealed that the Ghana Medical and Dental Council has been at the forefront of promoting brain drain the in country, with their incessant refusal to certificate and license qualified doctors to practice and operate in […]
It has emerged that two pints of blood bought from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for a patient in another Health facility tested Syphilis and HIV positive. One of the blood packs was HIV positive and the other pack was Syphilis positive. A Facebook user by name Addo Kwabla-Evans reports that the blood which was […]
The emergency week is the first of its kind observed by the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, formally known as the Ridge Hospital. Staff of the hospital were enlightened on the need to have a digital address for their home and work places. During her interaction with the staff, the Head of Corporate Communications at Ghana […]
Dr. Richard Seidu Abdul Rahaman a medical doctor who has taken to driving a taxi to earn a living has vowed to fight the Ghana Medical and Dental Council with the last drop of his blood to ensure that they license him to operate as a neurosurgeon in the country. According to him, the council […]
Regarding Citizens’ knowledge on Basic Life Support, the survey revealed that: Only 25% of citizens interviewed knew the first step to take in order to save a collapsed victim from further injuries; Just about 12% of the citizens interviewed knew the correct contact code for the National Ambulance Service; Only 16.3% of calls to the […]
