The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) will start performing hair transplants as a form of plastic surgery for bald persons by the end of the year. The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines hair transplant as a surgical procedure where hair is moved from one part of the body (the donor area, often the back […]
There is a growing number of young people with hypertension and diabetes in the country, the Chief Executive Officer of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), Dr Kwame Anim-Boamah, has said. He said some of the patients were either non-compliant or not on any treatment, making it the number one cause of end-stage renal […]
The Heart Centre of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) has successfully conducted its first surgery on a beating heart. The surgery, otherwise known as Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass, was performed on two adults, a 70-year-old retired teacher and a 67-year-old businesswoman, who were among six patients who underwent complex cardiac surgical procedures at […]
Anthony Akoto Apaw, a private legal practitioner and human rights activist popularly known as “Che che” has passed on. He died at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) on Friday [October 20, 2023), it has been confirmed. Mr Akoto Ampaw, a respected private legal practitioner was a human rights activist and anti-corruption campaigner. Akoto Ampaw earned […]
A study conducted in three selected public universities in the country has revealed that 93 per cent of sexually active adolescents in public universities do not use contraceptives. This is in spite of the fact that 80 per cent of them had a basic knowledge of adolescent sexual reproductive health (ASRH) issues. Conducted among 675 […]
A study conducted by three institutions has revealed that seven per cent of the country’s productivity is lost to ordinary Ghanaians due to mental health. The study by the University of Ghana’s Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), in collaboration with the Yale University and the Department of Psychiatry Department of the University […]
The unending fight against COVID-19 has been a very arduous one, and as soldiers go to war, the ones at the front of this battle are our health workers. Some of these frontline health workers sadly become casualties leaving their other colleagues to continue with the fight; very disturbing. About seven hundred and seventy-nine (779) health workers […]
Two COVID-19 patients who are currently quarantined at the University of Ghana Medical Centre have been sharing the experiences in an interview with Joy News. The video which is in the possession of BestNewsGH.com shows the two patients talk about their experience, while undergoing treatment, how they are being treated and how they are faring. […]
