The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced a call for proposals from qualified suppliers and vendors for the supply and installation of dialysis machines in selected hospitals across the country. In a notice on Tuesday, September 2, the Ministry said interested and eligible entities are required to submit detailed proposals covering the technical specifications of […]
The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Jefferson Asare, has challenged aspects of the ministerial committee’s findings on the alleged assault of a nurse at the Ridge Hospital, insisting that the official medical diagnosis recorded was polycontusion. The committee, established by Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, presented its […]
The Health Ministry says it has successfully processed salaries for 321 Pharmacist House Officers who completed their housemanship in 2024. This, it notes, is a significant step toward addressing outstanding financial obligations within the sector. The Ministry also acknowledges concerMinins raised by the 2024 batch of Rotation Nurses and Allied Health Interns who began their […]
The government has granted two of the allowances demanded by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA). The two allowances were agreed at a high-stakes meeting between the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health, the association and the government team. The allowances will feature in the mid-year budget review expected to be presented to Parliament […]
Doctors at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) have declared an indefinite suspension of all emergency and outpatient services. They cite a hostile working environment, lack of basic medical supplies, and what they describe as an insult to their dignity by top government officials. In a statement released after an emergency general assembly meeting held at […]
The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has confirmed the dismissal of the Chief Executive Officer of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Dr. Adam Atiku, with immediate effect. Speaking on Joy FM‘s NewsNight on Tuesday, April 22, the Minister revealed that a formal letter had been issued to communicate Dr. Atiku’s termination. “As I speak to you […]
The Deputy Finance Minister, Dr John Kumah, says the government is more than ready for an audit by the Auditor-General or a reputable audit firm into Agenda 111 following allegations that GH₵600 million was used for the project prior to its launch. According to him, although the money was initially allocated for the building of […]
The minority in Parliament has announced that they will summon the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang before parliament to account for abandoned district hospital projects in the Ashanti Region. According to the ranking member of the health committee of parliament, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the actions of government in abandoning projects that should have been completed […]
Opposition National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament for Juaboso Constituency in the Western Region, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh seems to have lost his cool following Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s Mahama come-back-comments. According to him, the Vice president who professes to be competent cannot compare himself and his team of economic managers to former president John […]
Opposition National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has described president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo as a ‘senseless’ non-performer. According to him, if the president had not won the 2016 elections and performed so poorly and abysmally, Ghanaians would have thought that he was intelligent with big brains that he […]
