The Ghana Heath Service (GHS) has intensified community surveillance to ascertain whether the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant is spreading within communities. This has become necessary because the service believes the new variant, which has been detected among international travellers, could be the reason a high number of people exposed to the virus are falling […]
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COVID-19: Ghana’s case count now 5,127
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count is now 5,127, from 4,700 previously. The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Patrick Aboagye who made the announcement a while ago, said 427 new cases were recorded. According to Dr. Aboagye, 277 of the new cases were recorded on May 9, 160 on May 10 and the rest […]
COVID-19: Over 500 of Ghana’s new cases were recorded at an industrial facility
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says over 500 of the 921 new Covid-19 cases recorded on May 8, 2020, are from an industrial facility in the country. Ghana has recorded 921 new cases of the disease which has resulted in the national tally shooting to 4,012 in just 24 hours. The new cases have left […]
COVID-19: Ghana’s case count surges to 1154 with 120 full recoveries
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has reached One Thousand, One Hundred and Fifty Four (1154) according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The figure was disclosed by the Ghana Health Service at the regular press briefings on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. BestNewsGH.com reports the GHS as explaining that the country’s total recoveries from the virus currently […]
COVID-19: LCB, GHS disinfect hotels which were used as quarantine centers
Crisis Management Company, LCB Worldwide Ghana Limited has in partnership with the Ghana Health Service (GHS), began the disinfection of the various hotels in Accra, that were used as holding centers or quarantine centers for travelers who arrived in the country. The exercise forms part of Government and the Ghana Health Service’s efforts to ensure […]
GHS Boss exposes John Mahama’s lies on Cuban trained Gynaecologists
Former President John Dramani Mahama has been badly exposed over claims that he deliberately selected female Muslim students to be sent to Cuba and trained in gynaecology in order to be able to review their fellow Muslim women who have difficulty to consult male gynaecologists when they have to go and consult medically for their […]
Tomefa residents lament over abandoned health center
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 […]
Test flights of medical drones begin-In preparation for launch of full operations
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 […]
No single trained nurse has been employed since NPP came to power-Coalition of unemployed nurses challenges Akufo-Addo
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 […]
Ghana Health Service begins recruitment of Medical Doctors from Monday January 14 2019
The Ghana Health Service has served notice that it will commence the recruitment of medical officers from the 14th of January 2019. This follows clearance by Ministry of Finance for the Service to embark on the recruitment exercise. The recruitment which targets newly qualified medical doctors in particular, will end on Friday, 18th January 2019. […]
Cost of JICA donated pick ups is in Ghana Cedis, not dollars-GHS clarifies
Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare has denied media reports that the service procured Nissan Hard body pick up vehicles at a cost of 210 thousand dollars each, saying the amount is rather in the local currency, the Ghana Cedi and not dollars. According to him, the vehicles numbering […]
GHS receives 26 pickup vehicles from JICA for distribution to all Districts in 3 Northern Regions
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) received 26 Nissan pickup trucks from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), on January 4 to support healthcare services delivery in the 3 northern regions. The beneficiary districts include: ▪Upper East: Pusiga Binduri Nabdam Kassena Nankana West Bawku Municipal Bolgatanga Municipal Builsa North Builsa South Bongo District ▪Upper West : […]